Moreover, his appointment marks his return in the IPL after he left the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in 2022.
Tom Moody, the IPL-winning head coach, has been back on the coaching staff after serving as a broadcaster for the Indian Premier League (IPL) for some time.
LSG are currently placed seventh in the IPL 2025 standings with five wins and six losses from 11 games.
IPL 2024 is expected to be played from March to May of this year just before the T20 World Cup 2024 commences on June 1 in the Caribbean and the USA.
Suryakumar Yadav has been one of the best batters for Team India in T20Is, but he is yet to translate that success in ODIs.
He opined that Mitchell Marsh should open the batting alongside skipper David Warner instead of Prithvi Shaw.
The 53-year-old has notably got the nod ahead of Daniel Vettori for the head coach position at RP-Sanjiv Goenka group owned franchise.
It has to be noted that there is no official confirmation on whether Ravi Shastri would step down as India’s head coach after his contract ends post the 2021 T20 World Cup.