Overview
- CSK confirmed on Tuesday that Mohit Sharma will join the coaching staff as bowling coach after CEO Kasi Viswanathan said the move was recommended by new head coach Zaheer Khan.
- Zaheer was hired on a one-year mandate with authority to pick his support staff, and the club says additional backroom appointments will follow his recommendations in the coming weeks.
- Mohit retired from all formats in December and brings direct playing credentials to the role, including the 2014 IPL Purple Cap, 134 IPL wickets across 120 matches, and being joint third‑highest wicket‑taker at the 2015 World Cup.
- Reports say Mohit will replace Eric Simmons as bowling coach, a change the club frames as part of a targeted effort to sharpen its pace and death‑over bowling ahead of IPL 2027.
- The hire tightens CSK’s short-term plan to improve bowling before the auction cycle and could shape which pace bowlers the franchise prioritizes in retention and December’s mini‑auction.