The person whom Dhoni made the 'captain' will now get more salary than Gautam Gambhir!

Before IPL 2025, many teams are going to undergo big changes. Some such big changes are also going to happen in the Lucknow Supergiants team. If media reports are to be believed, Sanjiv Goenka can announce the new mentor of the team. Zaheer Khan is at the forefront of this race and he is going to replace Gautam Gambhir. Gautam Gambhir has now become the head coach of Team India and in such a situation, Zaheer Khan is going to get his responsibility. According to reports, Zaheer Khan can be made the mentor of Lucknow Supergiants on Wednesday. There are even reports that Zaheer Khan will be hired on a hefty salary.

Lucknow Supergiants used to pay Gautam Gambhir Rs 3.50 crore per season and reports are that Zaheer Khan will join the team on a bigger package than him. Zaheer Khan has previously been associated with Mumbai Indians for a long time, he was the director of cricket operations of the team, but now he is going to join Lucknow.

Zaheer Khan has a long experience in international cricket and domestic cricket. Apart from playing all three formats of cricket, this player has also played county cricket for a long time, and he also has good experience in IPL. Zaheer has taken 311 wickets in 92 Tests for Team India. In ODIs, he has taken 282 wickets in 200 matches. Zaheer Khan has also taken 102 wickets in 100 IPL matches. When Zaheer Khan was in Team India, Dhoni had made him the bowling captain. This quality of his benefited Team India a lot on foreign soil. Also, in the 2011 World Cup, Zaheer Khan ensured Team India's victory by taking the most wickets.

There are also reports that Lucknow Supergiants owner Sanjiv Goenka may announce the new captain of the team next season. It is being said that KL Rahul may step down from the captaincy of the team. Lucknow has been the captain of the team for the last three seasons and the team has failed to win the IPL in all three seasons.