IPL 2025: Zaheer Khan is one of the greatest bowlers of his time. He can become the mentor of Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2025. Read the full news…
IPL 2025: Former Team India fast bowler Zaheer Khan is in the news. He can join a new team in IPL 2025. This new team can directly make him a mentor. Discussions are going on for this. It is believed that if these talks are successful, then Zaheer can leave Mumbai and be seen with a new team in the next season. This new team is none other than Lucknow Super Giants, in which the post of mentor is vacant after Gautam Gambhir left.
Recently, the bowling coach of Lucknow Supergiants team Morne Morkel has joined the coaching department of Team India. Therefore, one more position has become vacant in LSG. In such a situation, Zaheer is being considered the first choice for both these posts. Cricbuzz said in its report that Zaheer Khan will be the main mediator (one who gets the talks done between the two parties) between the Lucknow team management and the players.
Which team is Zaheer Khan working with in IPL?
Zaheer Khan is currently a part of Mumbai Indians. He has been associated with this franchise for a long time. After being the bowling coach, he has also been the Director of Cricket of the Mumbai team. 2 years ago, i.e. in 2022, Zaheer was made the Global Head of Players Development by MI, Zaheer has been playing this role for the last 2 years.
zaheer khan career
Test- Took 311 wickets in 165 innings of 92 matches. His best performance was 7 wickets for 87 runs.
ODI- Jahri took 282 wickets in 200 ODI matches. His best performance was 5 wickets for 42 runs.
T20- Took 17 wickets in 17 matches. Best performance was 4 wickets for 19 runs.
IPL- Took 102 wickets in 100 matches. His best performance was 4 wickets for 17 runs.