Proving most of the speculations wrong, the franchise announced the legendary Indian pacer as the successor to Stephen Fleming. Following CSK's much-awaited announcement, it is revealed that the appointment of Zaheer Khan came after the former India and CSK captain MS Dhoni. CSK CEO Kasi Viswanath himself said that Dhoni pushed Zaheer's name for the role.
Approaching Zaheer to become the head coach of CSK was not easy,y as it is claimed by Viswanathan. It took some time to convince Zaheer to take over the job.
Zaheer Khan has experience in managing IPL teams
Zaheer will join the team, backed by significant coaching and back-office stints with the Mumbai Indians (MI) and the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). He previously worked with MI as their director of cricket operations, and was the mentor and bowling coach for the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).
More shakeups are likely in CSK
In a separate claim on the social media platform ' X ', it is said that the franchise has provided their newly appointed head coach to choose the support staff according to his own choices. AAn'X' post, quoting Cricinfo, made this claim following the appointment of Zaheer Khan.
If this claim turns out to be true, then there will be a lot of shake-ups in the Chennai Super Kings camp ahead of the next season of the Indian Premier League. Ahead of the IPL 2026 season, the franchise officials gave the squad a new look by adding multiple newcomers to the squad. Now, some more changes are likely to come in their coaching setup as well.
? CSK UPDATE ⏳- Zaheer Khan has been given the authority to pick his own coaching staff for IPL 2027. [Cricinfo] pic.twitter.com/kDZNJPa9Ap
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