IPL: LSG set to part ways with Zaheer Khan; new mentor to hold more responsibilities | Cricket News

Lucknow: Lucknow Super Giants’ captain Rishabh Pant with workforce mentor Zaheer Khan throughout a follow session forward of the IPL 2025 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Lucknow Super Giants, in Lucknow. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)

New Delhi: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) are possible to part ways with mentor Zaheer Khan forward of the subsequent Indian Premier League (IPL) season in 2026, TimesofIndia.com has learnt. “LSG is set to part ways with Zaheer Khan and the new mentor will be given a bigger role to monitor RPSG Group’s other franchises,” a supply monitoring the event confirmed to TimesofIndia.com.It can also be learnt that LSG’s proprietor Sanjiv Goenka, who’s at the moment within the UK for The Hundred, will announce a Director of Cricket, who will oversee the year-round growth of LSG’s different franchises — Durban’s Super Giants within the SA20 and Manchester Originals in The Hundred.Zaheer had stepped into the mentor position as a alternative for Gautam Gambhir who stepped down after IPL 2023. The former India seamer was additionally fulfilling the bowling coach duties since Morne Morkel’s exit, who left his position to work alongside Gambhir and the India males’s cricket workforce.Between 2018 and 2022, Zaheer was related with the Mumbai Indians (MI) franchise, initially serving as Director of Cricket earlier than taking up the job of head of worldwide growth.

A few weeks in the past, LSG had roped in Bharat Arun as their new bowling coach. “Arun’s role is also extensive as he will be given an extra responsibility for scouting and working on their young quicks for Durban’s Super Giants and, from next year, with the Manchester Originals as well,” the supply mentioned.Under Rishabh Pant’s management, LSG had a largely forgettable IPL 2025 season with flashes of brilliance however consistency being a problem. Work to arrest that problematic run has already begun with Bharat Arun first and Zaheer Khan now.“It’s an honour to join the Lucknow Super Giants, a franchise that reflects professionalism, ambition, and vision at every level,” Arun mentioned in a press release. “My conversations with Dr. Sanjiv Goenka and the management were incredibly energizing — there is a clear intent to invest in young Indian talent and build a long-term legacy.“What excites me most is the imaginative and prescient for long-term growth. LSG has invested in a younger, proficient, and dynamic group of Indian quick bowlers — Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan, and Akash Singh — and I see immense potential in every of them. My mission is to assist form them right into a cohesive, fearless, and tactically sharp tempo unit that may problem one of the best batting line-ups on the earth.“