Former Australian cricketer and coach Justin Langer has revealed the reason behind his joining the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). Langer revealed that he had met up with LSG’s owner, Sanjiv Goenka, and a comment by him prompted him to take up the job. The cricketer turned coach joined LSG in July, replacing Andy Flower ahead of the IPL 2024 auction.
“Well, it was so funny because I was here in Perth and I received a text message asking me if I had any interest in coaching in the IPL. It was from Vinay, telling me that the owner Sanjiv was in London at the same time and would I be interested in having a coffee with him. And I thought ‘Well, I have got nothing to lose’ and I went and met the boss,” Langar said.
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On what led him to join LSG before the IPL 2024 auction, he said:
“From there, we had a very nice conversation. He is a really good sales man, the boss, because the last thing he said to me was ‘you know Justin, you have had a great playing career, you have had a very good coaching career until now. But, you can’t consider yourself a great coach until you have won the IPL’.
“I was like ‘oh, good sales man skills. I like that boss, man’.
“We had some conversations after that. We continue to have good conversations. I am thrilled to be the head coach of this franchise,” Langer further added.
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