However, one of the most shocking facts is that he was listed among a group of individuals who signed a civil society mercy petition opposing the death penalty for 26/11 Mumbai attacks terrorist Ajmal Kasab ahead of his execution in 2012.
Zubin Bharucha is trending after the appointment as the Director of Performance of MI, and also for his indirect connection with Ajmal Kasab. He has the responsibility to work with Indian players during the off-season. Bharucha will work along with MI’s assistant coach Paras Mhambrey throughout the year, and coordinate with the MI coaching staff to achieve the acquired targets.
After his playing career, he joined RR as team director in 2008 and remained there till he joined the Daredevils as technical director for two seasons (2016 and 2017), and then again returned to the Royals as director of cricket from 2018 to 2026.
Did Zubin Bharucha sign Ajmal Kasab's mercy petition?
During that time, Bharucha was one of the 200+ signatories who submitted a public petition for the commutation of Kasab's death sentence to life imprisonment, as they believed that the death penalty violates fundamental human dignity, regardless of the severity of the crime.
Eventually, the President of India, Dr. Pranab Mukherjee, rejected the mercy plea on November 5, 2012. Kasab was subsequently executed by hanging a few weeks later at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune.
What are fans saying about Zubin Bharucha's Mumbai Indians appointment?
— ?????¹⁸ (@varunx18) August 22, 2026
U know who this guy is?He had signed petition on the stopping of Kasabs Hanging Ajmal Kasab was about to die after the court had given the verdict that time many lawyers politicians thinkers writers celebs signed petition to not hang him to death this Zubin was one as well ?
— Factuall (@Amn_Smudge240) August 22, 2026— खटाना भाई (@CricwormAnna) August 22, 2026
Look who has Mumabi Indians hired ?? t.co/5MTM2Sp3sR
— AdityaRRaj (@RR_for_LIFE) August 22, 2026Appointing someone who literally signed mercy petition for Kasab btw ??“Mumbai” “Indians” t.co/yc1c1FWYCV
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