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A very shocking and big news is coming out from the camp of Chennai Super Kings, one of the most successful and popular franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise has officially announced the appointment of veteran Indian fast bowler and 2011 World Cup winner Zaheer Khan as the new head coach of its team before the upcoming IPL 2027 season. Zaheer Khan will replace Stephen Fleming, who has been associated with the team for a long time, in this prestigious role. Since retiring, Zaheer Khan has made a strong mark for himself in the world of coaching and mentorship, and has previously played important roles with Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants. Now, ever since Zaheer Khan was handed over the command by a big franchise like Chennai, discussions have intensified in the cricket circles, and everyone wants to know whose suggestion was behind giving him such a big responsibility.
The contract is only for one year: the team’s future performance will decide the future.
Chennai Super Kings management has currently signed a short-term contract of only one year with former Indian bowler Zaheer Khan. This clearly shows that the franchise has not yet made Zaheer the head coach for a long term, rather his future will completely depend on the team’s performance in the upcoming IPL season and his coaching results. Chennai Super Kings is known for its calm and disciplined management, and through this one-year contract, the franchise wants to see how well Zaheer Khan’s coaching style matches with the team’s core philosophy.
“It was not the management’s suggestion, but MS Dhoni’s suggestion”: CSK CEO Kasi Vishwanathan’s big revelation
The question in everyone’s mind was that after the departure of Stephen Fleming, who put forward the name of Zaheer Khan as the coach of Chennai? Revealing this secret, CSK Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kasi Vishwanathan has made a big revelation in an exclusive conversation with the prestigious cricket website ‘Cricbuzz’. Kasi Vishwanathan said in clear words, “This decision was not taken directly by any corporate management, but our Cricket Committee gave it careful consideration. The most important thing is that it was the main suggestion of the great player MS Dhoni.”
Seal of consent of Rituraj Gaikwad and owner Rupa Gurunath
Elaborating further, CEO Kasi Vishwanathan said that MS Dhoni first discussed the matter in detail with the team’s young captain Rituraj Gaikwad. After discussions between the two giants, this proposal was accepted by the franchise owner N. Rupa was placed in front of Gurunath. This historic decision of appointing Zaheer Khan as the new head coach of Chennai Super Kings was taken only after a consensus was reached between all the parties. This masterstroke by Dhoni has proved how visionary he is about the future of the team even outside the field.
Zaheer Khan’s cricketing and coaching career has been brilliant.
If we look at Zaheer Khan’s career so far, his experience can prove to be extremely valuable for Chennai Super Kings. This lethal left-arm fast bowler has taken 311 wickets in 92 Test matches, 282 wickets in 200 ODI matches and 17 wickets in 17 T20 International matches for India. Apart from this, he has also taken 102 wickets in his name after playing 100 matches in IPL. After retirement, Zaheer served as the Director of Cricket Operations of Mumbai Indians from 2018 to 2022, and then from 2022 to 2024, he was the Global Head of Cricket Development of Mumbai. After this, he also took the responsibility of mentor of Lucknow Super Giants from August 2024 to September 2025. Now it will be interesting to see how far this experience of Zaheer Khan takes Chennai in IPL 2027.