Zaheer appointment another sign of Dhoni’s enduring influence at CSK

Players say that at Chennai Super Kings, there is no system of painstaking postmortems, lengthy debriefing exercises or exhaustive reviews after an IPL game. Nor would there be over-the-top celebrations or ecstatic euphoria. The postscript would always be a crisp two-word message from the management to the players — ‘Well done’ or ‘Bad Luck’.

Such a light atmosphere can, more often than not, have a positive effect on the players and coaching staff, and Zaheer Khan, the newly-appointed head coach, can relish the informal environment. The former India pacer has never been known to be a hard taskmaster and, with MS Dhoni also in the same ‘cool’ mould, it could make for a good joint venture. The chemistry between two Indian legends could, well, click.