Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir is ready to leave Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) ahead of Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024).
As of the latest, former BCCI Chief Selector MSK Prasad has joined the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) backroom staff as strategic consultant. The hiring of Prasad is a component of a wider restructuring that also saw Justin Langer succeed Andy Flower as head coach.
Now as per a Hindi daily, Dainik Jagran, Gautam Gambhir will be the next in line to depart from LSG. A source told the daily, “After Andy Flower, Gautam Gambhir will now leave the IPL franchise… I can’t say anything further beyond this.”
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Gautam Gambhir Homecoming?
It has also been widely reported in the past that Gambhir will make a homecoming with Kolkata Knight Riders. The India great has been in contact with KKR management for quite some time now.
After playing a key role for Delhi Daredevils and then joining Knight Riders for a record US$2.4 million in the 2011 auction, as a player Gautam Gambhir was more secure in the IPL.
In four seasons, he led the squad in scoring, notably in 2012 when they won their first championship. He then guided KKR to the second IPL title in 2014, thus registering his name in golden letters in the history books of KKR and the league.
Gambhir is currently in the USA taking a dose of a dose of cricket’s shortest format – the US Masters T10 League. He along with another India’s 2011 World Cup winning squad member, Yusuf Pathan will play for New Jersey Tritons.
Along with these players, they also have Monty Panesar, RP Singh, Albie Morkel, Liam Plunkett, Jesse Ryder, Craig McMillan, and Liam Plunkett.
