One of greatest fast bowlers India has ever seen, Zaheer Khan was known to be the swing master who made some outstanding batsmen doubt themselves with his unbelievable skill. With over 600 international wickets, he is second only to Kapil Dev among all the iconic Indian fast bowlers. Zaheer has been a part of various teams in the IPL, including Royal Challengers, Mumbai Indians, and Delhi Capitals.
The southpaw pacer deiced to hang his boots from international cricket in 2015 and ever since, he has been enjoying his marital life with wife Sagarika Ghatge. The upcoming IPL season will now bring in a new challenge for Zaheer as he was appointed as Mumbai Indians’ bowling coach for the 2019 edition. The much-awaited auction for the 12th edition will take place on Tuesday in Jaipur and Zaheer is expected to be a part of the Mumbai auction team to attend the session.
MI posted a tweet welcoming him to his new role with the franchise. In his tenure as a bowler in IPL, Zaheer scalped as many as 102 wickets in the 100 games he played, which give the testimony of his experience and some great mentoring for the youngsters in the MI camp. The tweet posted by MI read “He is coming home” with a picture of him bowling.
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Here’s what they tweeted:
😍 He is coming home 🏟💙#CricketMeriJaan pic.twitter.com/U66v17Ffln
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) December 17, 2018
After acquiring Quinton de Kock in the transfer window by releasing Mustafizur Rahman, auctions will be a huge task for the franchise as they have some reconstruction to do. Some of their premium cricketers like Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya might not feature throughout the tournament owing to World Cup commitments, due to which they will be looking for alternatives.
With ₹11.15 Crore left in the spending purse, Mumbai will be eager to sign some good local talents as they have room for only one foreign cricketer in the squad. They can pick a maximum of six Indian cricketers and it will be interesting to see how they will perform on the auction table.
