Zaheer Khan coaching journey: All roles earlier than becoming CSK head coach

On Monday night, the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have introduced Zaheer Khan as their head coach forward of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2027. He has a one-year contract with the opportunity of extension as properly. It was revealed that his appointment as the pinnacle coach was influenced by former India Nationwide Cricket Staff captain MS Dhoni.

That is the first time that Zaheer has been appointed as the pinnacle coach. Beforehand, he has been involved in several roles with the Indian cricket staff and likewise different IPL franchises. Recently, in March he conducted a specialised three-day red-ball fast-bowling camp on the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru in March 2026. He has been working on nurturing young quick bowlers.

Zaheer Khan’s coaching tenure

Zaheer Khan, forward of joining CSK as a head coach, was first the bowling advisor of the India Nationwide Cricket Staff back in 2017. He was initially mentioned in a full-time coaching capability, but finally took on a consulting position to help the fast-bowling unit. Later on, he joined Mumbai Indians (MI) in 2018 and labored till 2022 as the Director of Cricket.

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Following that, he was supplied a unique position for 2 years, from 2022 to 2024, as he served as the World Head of Cricket Improvement. He managed the broader international franchise ecosystem for Mumbai Indians. For one 12 months, from 2024 to 2025, he labored with the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) as the mentor of the staff following the departure of Gautam Gambhir.

Can Zaheer Khan convey back CSK’s misplaced glory?

Zaheer can nurture the young expertise, as he replaced Stephen Fleming, who was sacked by the management after 19 years. The previous New Zealand captain stepped down after three consecutive poor seasons from the franchise as they didn’t qualify for the playoffs and had one backside finish for the first time of their history.

The 2011 ODI World Cup winner with India beneath the management of MS Dhoni will assist the franchise work higher, as the previous CSK captain rates Zaheer very extremely for his superb bowling abilities throughout formats. He termed Zak the ‘Sachin Tendulkar of bowling.’ Though Zak had a spot in his coaching resume this 12 months, he’ll convey quite a lot of expertise to information the young quick bowlers.

Zaheer Khan’s IPL record

Zaheer Khan, as a player, has performed 100 IPL matches; he began his profession with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (then Royal Challengers Bangalore) in 2008, that he moved to Mumbai Indians and performed there for 2 seasons, and misplaced the 2010 ultimate to CSK. He yet again joined RCB in 2011 and yet again misplaced the final to the Males in Yellow.

He returned to MI in 2014 and performed a few games; then he was picked by Delhi Capitals (DC) (then Delhi Daredevils) and performed for four seasons and likewise captained the franchise for 2 seasons in 2016 and 2017, and then retired from the game, with 102 wickets to his name within the wealthy money league.

Supply: cricketaddictor.com