Zaheer Khan will come as mentor of LSG in IPL 2025 season

Zaheer Khan is set to join Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) as their mentor, filling the vacancy left by Gautam Gambhir's exit after IPL 2023. Gambhir had taken up the mentor role at Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 2024 and has since become head coach of the India men's team. It isn't yet known whether Zaheer will likewise play out the job of LSG's bowling trainer, after Morne Morkel passed on the establishment to join Gambhir's instructing staff with the Indian group. From 2018 to 2022, Zaheer was engaged with the Mumbai Indians (MI) establishment, first as overseer of cricket and afterward head of worldwide turn of events. Preceding that, he was essential for three IPL groups as a player - MI, Regal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Thrill seekers. On the whole, he highlighted in 100 games for the three groups across ten seasons, getting 102 wickets at an economy of 7.58. He last played in the competition in 2017, when he drove Adrenaline junkies, prior to resigning from all types of cricket. As revealed before by Cricket aside from the job of guide, LSG are likewise excited about giving Zaheer a more extensive profile that will mean inclusion with the exploring and player-improvement programs during the slow time of year. LSG's training set-up is right now headed by Justin Langer, who will go on in the job in the wake of having supplanted Andy Blossom as lead trainer in front of IPL 2024, with Spear Klusener and Adam Voges as his partners. In the wake of getting season finisher billets in their initial two seasons, the KL Rahul-drove side was pipped on net run rate for a spot in the main four of every 2024. Zaheer's conceivable re-visitation of the IPL overlap comes when groups are planning for a uber sell off. The IPL is probably going to declare the maintenance rules by early September.