New Delhi: Former South Africa all-rounder Lance Klusener was appointed Monday as the consultant coach of Delhi’s Ranji team for the upcoming 2018-19 season. With former Delhi skipper Mithun Manhas as the chief coach, Klusener’s appointment is certainly the most high profile among the support staff across domestic teams.
“Lance Klusener will be cricket consultant of Ranji team of DCCA for One day tournaments starting from 19th September (Vijay Hazare trophy and Deodhar Trophy) and domestic T20 tournament scheduled in February 2019,” DDCA president Rajat Sharma told this agency Monday.
“His role will require his services alongside the main coach and all the other coaches in the team,” Sharma added.
The 46-year old Klusener had played 49 Tests for South Africa scoring 1906 runs besides taking 80 wickets. He also had four Test hundreds to his name and his best bowling performance of 8/64 came against India. In the 171 ODIs Klusener played, he had scored 3576 runs and took 192 wickets. Klusener also served as the batting coach of the Zimbabwe national team in 2016.