Zaheer Khan has been appointed as the pinnacle coach of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) forward of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2027 season. On Monday, the franchise introduced the signing of its new head coach. Now, former India batter Sadagoppan Ramesh has questions over the appointment of Zaheer as the pinnacle coach of the five-time IPL champions.
CSK didn’t have the perfect of seasons in latest instances; they didn’t qualify for the playoffs for three consecutive seasons. Within the last season, they finished 8th in the points table, and after that, they sacked their head coach Stephen Fleming after 19 long seasons. He was the longest-serving coach in IPL historical past. Zaheer has massive shoes to fill.
Sadagoppan Ramesh showcases concern over Zaheer Khan’s appointment as CSK head coach
While talking on his Instagram handle, Sadagoppan Ramesh revealed that Zaheer Khan is an amazing cricketer and a superb bowler. Nonetheless, he finds a significant concern in his coaching, as the left-arm pacer previously worked in an operations function for the Mumbai Indians (MI) and for just a 12 months for the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) as a mentor.
“Zaheer was a terrific cricketer and a incredible bowler. But his solely coaching expertise has been working in the cricketing operations for MI from 2018 to 2022 and one 12 months with LSG as mentor. Nonetheless, that is the first time he’ll be the pinnacle coach of an IPL franchise. So we have to keep our fingers crossed.”
Zaheer Khan’s coaching profession
That is the first time that Zaheer Khan has been appointed as the pinnacle coach since 2022 to 2024, as he worked as the International Head of Cricket Improvement for MI. Earlier than that, he served as the Director of Cricket from 2018 to 2022. For one 12 months, from 2024 to 2025, he worked with the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) as the mentor.
He was additionally the bowling advisor for the India crew back in 2017, but didn’t take up the function full-time. In 2026, he was at BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru in March 2026, the place he arrange a camp to nurture young fast bowlers.
Sadagoppan Ramesh reveals motive behind CSK’s appointment of Zaheer Khan
Ramesh additionally believes that former India pacer Ashish Nehra, who’s the pinnacle coach of Gujarat Titans (GT), has introduced success to the franchise since 2022, which has caused CSK to consider in an Indian head coach, as they introduced in Zaheer, as he’s the first Indian coach.
Witnessing the success of Ashish Nehra with GT, the franchise wished to strive the same factor for a turnaround in their fate, as the Males in Yellow have didn’t qualify for the playoffs in the last three seasons.
“Lastly, CSK have an Indian head coach for the first time. They’ve lastly gone from a international coach mentality to an Indian coach mentality. I really feel CSK noticed the success of Ashish Nehra with GT and wished to strive something similar with the appointment of Zaheer Khan to see if it could possibly spark a turnaround,” said Ramesh
Source: cricketaddictor.com
