At 45, Zaheer joins a training employees that features Justin Langer as head coach and assistants Lance Klusener and Adam Voges.LSG is at present with out a bowling coach following Morne Morkel’s departure to affix the Indian workforce in the identical capability.
Zaheer, a member of India’s 2011 ODI World Cup-winning workforce, brings intensive expertise each as a participant and a mentor. He performed for Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and Delhi Capitals, amassing 100 matches and 102 wickets with an economic system price of seven.58 throughout his IPL profession.
Experiences counsel Zaheer can even be heading the franchise’s expertise improvement programme, though this has not been formally confirmed.
Beforehand, Zaheer was related to the Mumbai Indians franchise from 2018 to 2022, serving first as director of cricket after which head of world improvement.
Through the IPL 2023 and 2024 seasons, Zaheer was a part of the commentary workforce for JioCinema’s digital broadcasts.
LSG, owned by Sanjiv Goenka since 2022 for INR 7090 crore, performs its dwelling matches on the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The workforce reached the playoffs in each the 2022 and 2023 seasons however exited in the course of the eliminator matches. In IPL 2024, LSG missed the playoffs as a result of a adverse Web Run Fee (NRR) and completed seventh within the factors desk.
