Lucknow Tremendous Giants in motion throughout the Indian Premier League (IPL)© BCCI
Former India left-arm fast-bowler Zaheer Khan is believed to be in dialog with Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) for the mentor’s function forward of subsequent 12 months’s Indian Premier League (IPL). Zaheer is presently the International Head of Cricket Growth at Mumbai Indians since September 2022. Alternatively, LSG has been with out a 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 group as bowling coach. By the way, Gambhir took over as the pinnacle coach of the Indian group in July this 12 months, after being the mentor of the Kolkata Knight Riders group profitable the IPL 2024 title. In line with a report in Cricbuzz, Zaheer, a member of India’s 2011 ODI World Cup-winning group, is being thought-about for the function that Gambhir held and will additionally present his experience to the Lucknow Tremendous Giants bowlers.
“He will even be a key interlocutor, quite a go-between, for gamers and the administration of the franchise, the proprietor of which is understood to be very passionate in regards to the recreation. Zaheer Khan’s potential function with the Indian group didn’t materialise, as Morkel was most well-liked by the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI), unmistakably on the advice of Gambhir,” mentioned the report.
Within the Lucknow Tremendous 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 dwelling floor on the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The aspect 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 on account of a detrimental Web Run Price (NRR), resulting in them ending in seventh place within the factors desk.
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