New Delhi: With Anil Kumble as the head and Sanjay Bangar as batting coach, the Indian cricket team looks likely to add another name in the coaching roster after both Jumbo and skipper Virat Kohli had put forward the request to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for a fast bowling coach. As far as the veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is concerned, Zaheer Khan is the ideal candidate for the job.


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The Indian team has seen an immense growth of fast bowling talent in the form of Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Ishant Sharma. Not just that, several youngsters like Siddharth Kaul, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Siraj, Basil Thampi, etc. are also knocking on the doors of national selection with their performances in the Indian Premier League 2017 edition.


After the news of Kumble and Kohli wanting the inclusion of a fast bowling coach broke, Harbhajan took to Twitter to put forward his recommendation.



"@ImZaheer would be the best option for indian fast bowling coach in my opinion..Great mind #Greatfella," wrote the Turbanator.


Having impressed in the Men in Blue colours for almost all his career, Zaheer's skill isn't anonymous to anyone in Indian cricket. 


When rumours about his appointment as coach had spread a couple of years back, the left-arm seamer had said, “I am open to it. I have already been advising the boys, so yes, I am open.”


"Coach has a bigger responsibility in the game even though it’s up to the players to perform. “It doesn’t matter whether the coach is a former bowler or batsman. All that counts is experience,” he had added.


After impressing for Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2017, not just as a bowler but as a leader too, Zaheer also received huge compliment by none other than Australian national team's marquee fast bowler Pat Cummins. 


“I wish I could take him (Zaheer Khan) back to Australia with me,” Cummins had said. “I’m really enjoying playing with him. It’s not often you get a bowler as a captain and especially such an experienced one,” the Aussie speedster had said during one of the games for DD in IPL 10.