
File photograph of Zaheer Khan.© BCCI
Zaheer Khan, former Indian left-arm quick bowler and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) mentor for the Indian Premier League, has stated that it will likely be an honour if he will get a chance to educate Team India. “It would be an honour to coach Team India,” Zaheer Khan informed Boria Majumdar in Kolkata at a CII occasion, in keeping with a video posted by RevSportz on their X deal with. The left-arm quick bowler went on to take part within the Indian Premier League (IPL) for 2 further years earlier than retiring in 2017. Following his retirement, Zaheer Khan labored as a bowling coach with Mumbai Indians in worldwide cricket previous to accepting a place as a mentor at LSG in 2024.
Zaheer Khan made his debut within the ICC Knockout Cup in 2000 and instantly hit the headlines when he yorked Steve Waugh, beating him for tempo. An Indian express-pacer was a once-in-a-blue-moon discovery, and his potential to bowl quick yorkers on the demise, transfer the ball off the deck and within the air, and keep his tempo set him aside from the extra metronomic quick bowlers that India was used to.
In his illustrious worldwide profession, Zaheer picked up 311 Test wickets in 92 matches and total 610 scalps in 309 worldwide matches throughout all codecs for Men in Blue.
Zaheer was a member of the 2011 World Cup-winning staff and the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy staff, which India shared with Sri Lanka on account of an absence of leads to the finals.
Zaheer represented the Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils within the IPL. He performed 100 matches within the IPL and bagged 102 wickets at an economic system charge of seven.59.
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