CSK Name Zaheer Khan as New Head Coach
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Chennai Super Kings is a cricket team in the IPL. The IPL is a big cricket league in India.
The team has a new head coach. His name is Zaheer Khan.
Zaheer Khan was a famous Indian cricket player before. He played as a bowler.
CSK chose Zaheer Khan because of MS Dhoni. Dhoni is a very famous CSK player. Dhoni told the team to pick Zaheer Khan.
Zaheer Khan will start his new job for IPL 2027. IPL 2027 is a future season of the league.
The old head coach was Stephen Fleming. Fleming will not be the coach anymore. Zaheer Khan will take his place.
Vocabulary15 words
- IPL
- a big cricket competition in India
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- head coach
- the main person who trains a sports team
- bowler
- a cricket player who throws the ball
- season
- a period of time when a sport is played
- recommendation
- when someone says another person is good for a job
- appoint
- to choose someone for a job
- replace
- to put someone new in a job instead of another person
- team
- a group of people who play a sport together
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- coach
- a person who trains sports players
- famous
- known by many people
- future
- time that has not happened yet
- job
- work that a person does
- cricket
- a sport played with a bat and ball
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1. Zaheer Khan 2. MS Dhoni 3. IPL 2027
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Chennai Super Kings is a cricket team in the _____.
The team has a new _____. His name is Zaheer Khan.
Zaheer Khan was a famous Indian cricket player before. He played as a _____.
CSK chose Zaheer Khan because of MS _____.
Zaheer Khan will start his new job for IPL _____.
The old head coach was Stephen _____.
Fleming will not be the coach anymore. Zaheer Khan will take his _____.
Dhoni is a very famous CSK _____.
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