Indian legendary pacer, Zaheer Khan has been named the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) mentor, filling in the vacancy of the position which was left in 2023 after Gautam Gambhir’s exit from the team.
Now with Zaheer’s appointment as the mentor, this is still not known if he will also perform as their bowling coach, especially when Morne Morkel left the franchise to join Gautam Gambhir’s coaching staff for the Indian team.
Gambhir took up the mentor’s role in for Kolkata Knight Riders and then went on to become the head coach of India’s Men’s team. After his exit, Justin Langer took command of the team as their head coach, which he took from Andy Flower.
The Lucknow Super Giants are keen on not only appointing him as their mentor but also offering him a profile much wider, which includes development and player scouting during the off-season.
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In his career, he played 100 IPL matches picking 102 wickets at an economy of 7.58
In his career spanning several years, he has played for three IPL franchises namely Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians and the Delhi Daredevils for whom he retired in 2017. Since then Zaheer has been a part of the Mumbai Indians franchise, from 2018 to 2022, he first served as Director of Cricket and then Head of Global Development.
For now, Justin Langer heads the LSG team in the role of head coach and he will be continuing in the role alongside assistant coaches Adam Voges and Lance Klusener. The LSG side reached two playoffs before missing the playoff spot by a whisker on net run rate in 2024.
Zaheer’s inclusion into the side will be just before the IPL teams prepare for the mega-auction, with the retention rules by early September.
