Taylor replaces Malinga in Mumbai Indians IPL team

West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor signed on Wednesday for the Mumbai Indians, replaces Lasith Malinga, who in this season's Indian Premier League (IPL) has been ruled out with a knee injury from.

The 31-year-old Taylor will attend the Ricky Ponting-coached side for the rest of the Twenty20 tournament after the required documentation has been completed, India's cricket board said in a statement.

The Jamaicans played only one game for the West Indies, in the group stage, during the World Twenty20 earlier this month when the Caribbean side the title for the second time secured, victory over England in the final.

Taylor has played in previous IPL editions, the Kings XI Punjab and the former franchise Pune Warriors.

Sri Lanka veteran Malinga returned to Colombo after the first three IPL games without in the tournament of the ongoing infringement played recover to have kept him in India instead of the World T20.

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