IPL 2024: Lucknow Super Giants have appointed former South African all-rounder Lance Klusener as their new assistant coach ahead of the IPL 2024.
Klusener will join head coach Justin Langer and fellow assistant coach S Sriram in Super Giants' team management for the 17th season of the tournament.
He has had stints as head coach of Afghanistan and batting coach of South Africa and Zimbabwe and also worked with Tripura in the Indian domestic circuit.
Klusener guided Guyana Amazon Warriors to win their maiden CPL title last year as he gears up to reunite with West Indies pace sensation Shamar Joseph.
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Both Klusener and Joseph had previously worked together at Amazon Warriors in the CPL and the latter's inclusion in the LSG side came as Mark Wood's replacement.
LSG have gone through a few major changes ahead of the 17th season of IPL as Justin Langer was appointed as their new head coach by replacing Andy Flower.
Flower, who spent two seasons at LSG after their tournament debut in 2022 before parting ways to join Royal Challengers Bangalore for the same role.
Another sensational move came when mentor Gautam Gambhir decided to leave LSG and join his former IPL side Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the next season.
In the most recent decision, Lucknow Super Giants appointed West Indies wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran as their new vice-captain by replacing Krunal Pandya.
After making their tournament debut in the 2022 season, LSG have successfully made it to the playoffs in both of their first two seasons.
While the IPL 2024 kicks off with the first match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on March 22, LSG will kick off their campaign against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on March 24.
Lucknow Super Giants squad for IPL 2024
KL Rahul (c), Nicholas Pooran (vc), Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ayush Badoni, Devdutt Padikkal, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Shamar Joseph, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan, Amit Mishra, Yudhvir Charak, Prerak Mankad, Shivam Mavi, Yash Thakur, Arshin Kulkarni, M Siddharth, Arshad Khan