Zaheer Khan Joined LSG As Mentor For IPL 2025

Former Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan joined Lucknow Super Giants aka LSG as a mentor for the IPL 2025. The Lucknow-based franchise announced the appointment of the World Cup winner on 28th August via their social media handles.

The left-arm fast bowler will work closely with the head coach Justin Langer and other staffs like Lance Klusner, Adam Voges, and Jonty Rhodes.

Previously, Gautam Gambhir served as the mentor for LSG for the 2022 and 2023 season and the team qualified for playoffs in both seasson but the Southpaw left the franchise in 2023 and LSG did not have any mentor for that edition.

Moreover, Morne Morkel has left LSG’s bowling coach position vecant as he moved to Team India in the same designation. So now it’s hard to undertstand that if Zaheer will take over for the role. His immense experince and expertise will be highly helpful for the bowlers of LSG.

Before arriving at LSG, Zaheer worked with Mumbai Indians as their Director of Cricket from 2018 to 2022 and in 2017, he was appointed as the bowling consutant for the Indian Cricket Team.

Hailed as one of the best Indian bowlers of all time, Zaheer played 100 games for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Delhi Capitals, and Mumbai Indians in the IPL, taking 102 wickets at 21.6. He was also the highest wicket-taker for India in their 2011 World Cup triumph with 21 scalps.