Gautam Gambhir’s Replacement In Lucknow Super Giants, An India Great? Report Makes Massive Claim

Former India left-arm fast-bowler Zaheer Khan is believed to be in dialog with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for the mentor’s function forward of subsequent yr’s Indian Premier League (IPL). Zaheer is at the moment the Global Head of Cricket Development at Mumbai Indians since September 2022. On the opposite hand, LSG has been with no mentor since Gautam Gambhir left them after the IPL 2023 season and has now misplaced the providers of Morne Morkel, who’s all set to hitch the India males’s crew as bowling coach. Incidentally, Gambhir took over as the pinnacle coach of the Indian crew in July this yr, after being the mentor of the Kolkata Knight Riders crew successful the IPL 2024 title. According to a report in Cricbuzz, Zaheer, a member of India’s 2011 ODI World Cup-winning crew, is being thought-about for the function that Gambhir held and will additionally present his experience to the Lucknow Super Giants bowlers.

“He will also be a key interlocutor, rather a go-between, for players and the management of the franchise, the owner of which is known to be very passionate about the game. Zaheer Khan’s potential role with the Indian team did not materialise, as Morkel was preferred by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), unmistakably on the recommendation of Gambhir,” stated the report.

In the Lucknow Super Giants’ present teaching setup, there’s head coach Justin Langer alongside Adam Voges, Lance Klusener, Jonty Rhodes, Sridharan Sriram and Pravin Tambe. The report added there’s additionally speak of one other distinguished coach becoming a member of the Sanjiv Goenka-owned franchise, however the particulars of it are nonetheless not absolutely clear.

LSG was purchased by Goenka in 2022 for INR 7090 crore and have their house floor on the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The facet reached the playoffs in IPL 2022 and 2023 seasons earlier than bowing out of competitors within the eliminator clashes twice. LSG missed out on a playoff spot in IPL 2024 because of a unfavourable Net Run Rate (NRR), resulting in them ending in seventh place within the factors desk.