New Delhi, May 15 -- Mumbai Indians are in talks with Sri Lanka's white-ball captain Charith Asalanka for the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs, which begins on May 29. The development comes in considering the fact that the five-time champions will be missing South Africa's Corbin Bosch and Ryan Rickelton and England's Will Jacks, if they qualify for the playoffs.

While both Bosch and Rickelton are a part of South Africa's World Test Championship (WTC) bound squad, Jacks is a part of the England team that travels to West Indies for ODI and T20I series, starting from May 29. Asalanka comes in with a reputation of hitting the ball hard.

According to a Newswire report, Asalanka has been approached by Mumbai Indians to join the squad for...