Accoridng to the recent reports of Cribuzz, Andy Flower and Daniel Vettori will be expected to become the head coach of the new IPL franchise, Lucknow, from the next season onwards. Flower will be preferred ahead of Trevor Bayliss and Gary Kirsten who were also in contention. The former Zimbabwe cricketer has also received the vote of confidence from KL Rahul, who has been touted to be the captain of the Lucknow franchise.

The duo has also worked in Punjab Kings (PBKS) recently and they share a good rapport. It has also emerged that they recommended each other’s names for various positions in the franchises. For now, the franchise has been told to sit tight on the matter owing to the issue with CVC Capitals.

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The BCCI is currently setting up a panel to investigate CVC as some of the reports have asserted that they have betting links. Reportedly, both issues are interlinked which has forced the BCCI to ask the Sanjiv Goenka group to wait for further confirmation.

To back the possibility of Andy Flower becoming the head coach of Lucknow is the statement from a BCCI official, who revealed that the Zimbabwean has resigned from his position as the PBKS head coach ahead of the IPL 2022 season.

As per the quotes in PTI, explaining the same, a BCCI official said, “He sent his resignation to the team recently. It has been accepted. There is a good chance that he goes to one of the new teams (Lucknow or Ahmedabad).”

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The PBKS franchise has retained only a couple of cricketers – Mayank Agarwal and Arshdeep Singh – and will have a purse of around INR 72 crores heading into the IPL 2022 mega auction.