Lucknow Super Giants have appointed former Australia batter and head coach Justin Langer as their head coach for the seventeenth season of Indian Premier League subsequent yr. The determination has meant that he’ll substitute former Zimbabwe batter and former England head coach Andy Flower from the submit, who had labored on this very capability for the reason that franchise made its IPL debut in 2022.
“Lucknow Super Giants have appointed legendary former Australian cricket team coach and batsman Justin Langer as their team head coach. As the two-year contract of Andy Flower comes to an end, Lucknow Super Giants thanks Andy Flower for his contribution,” LSG’s assertion learn.
Most lately, Flower had joined the Australian males’s facet in a consultancy position forward of the lately concluded ICC World Test Championship closing in opposition to India at The Oval.
As for Langer, the 52-year-old was appointed as Australian males’s group head coach within the yr 2018. He had resigned after Australia had received The Ashes 2021-22 at residence, denying the short-term contract provide extension by CA.
Justin Langer Will Work With Gautam Gambhir In IPL 2024
The above talked about improvement has additionally meant that Langer will work alongside LSG’s international mentor for cricketing operations Gautam Gambhir throughout IPL 2024. Interestingly, the 2 have been fairly well-versed with one another for the reason that yr 2015.
Gambhir had started coaching underneath the supervision of Langer in June 2015 with a hope to work on the general improvement of his recreation. His determination had arrived a yr after he was dropped from the Indian Test facet, and having already been out of rivalry for a variety within the nationwide group’s white ball facet as properly since 2012.
In what was a commendable determination taken by the then 33-year-old left-handed batter, Gambhir had met Langer through the latter’s arrival in India as the pinnacle coach of Perth Scorchers within the now-defunct Champions League T20 in 2014.
“I met JL [Justin Langer] during the last Champions League last year when he was touring with Perth Scorchers as their coach. We spoke about a few things, about my batting, and I realised that he could be my go-to man to work on my game,” Gambhir remarked in 2015 throughout an interplay with Hindustan Times.
Gambhir had landed in Perth for the coaching within the month of June, the place he would additionally embody gymnastics and martial arts within the full schedule.
Gautam Gambhir Had Offered Justin Langer To Join KKR In 2015
In mere 20 days of his coaching interval, Gambhir was so impressed with Langer’s general strategy in the direction of understanding his recreation, that he was satisfied in his head that he needs to be the pinnacle coach of Kolkata Knight Riders within the Indian Premier League. This, regardless of Gambhir having already skippered KKR to their second IPL title simply the earlier yr, underneath then-head coach Trevor Bayliss.
However, Langer had politely refused to simply accept Gambhir’s provide on behalf of the KKR administration, as he needed to care for his ailing mom who was battling in opposition to most cancers on the time.
Justin Langer Coaching Career
Despite having not coached an IPL group earlier than, Langer is true up there by way of expertise with champion T20 sides. He was appointed as the pinnacle coach of Western Australia and Scorchers in November 2012 and led the latter to as many as three Big Bash League titles throughout 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2016-17 editions of the league.
He was additionally the pinnacle coach of the Australian group which lifted their maiden T20 World Cup title in 2021 within the United Arab Emirates. Also, throughout his tenure, Australia had defeated England 4-0 throughout a house Ashes collection.
Gautam Gambhir To Not Join KKR In IPL 2024
As per a Dainik Jagran report from a few days in the past, Gambhir was in talks along with his former IPL group Knight Riders maybe to hitch the franchise as their new head coach. This, after Chandrakant Pandit had changed Brendon McCullum as their head coach the earlier yr earlier than IPL 2023.
You know the way a lot I like u Kolkata! pic.twitter.com/MbjOk5D9Fm
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) May 20, 2023
While a seven-year affiliation with KKR does have an emotional facet to it, however the possibilities of him going again to the franchise in some capability are slim now. Apart from attending to work with Langer once more, one more reason being that he was alleviated to the submit of LSG’s international mentor for its cricketing operations in October 2022.
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