Lucknow Super Giants can retain these 5 players, 2 are uncapped in the list
Lucknow Super Giants team can retain five players before the mega auction of IPL 2025. KL Rahul's name is not included in this.
Lucknow Super Giants can retain these 5 players, 2 are uncapped in the list
The mega auction of IPL 2025 can be held next month. Before the mega auction, all teams can retain a maximum of 6 players, which also includes RTM. If a team retains 5 players, it will get a chance to use one RTM at the time of auction. On retaining 6 players, teams will have to retain 5 capped players and also include one uncapped player. All franchises have to submit the list of their retained players to the IPL Governing Council on October 31.
Lucknow Super Giants can retain 5 players. The special thing is that KL Rahul's name is not included in this. He was captaining the team in IPL for the last 3 seasons, but under his captaincy the Lucknow team could not win the title even once. Questions have also been raised on his strike rate.
Lucknow Super Giants team is ready to retain Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi as capped players. Apart from this, young Mohsin Khan and Ayush Badoni can be retained as uncapped players. The franchise will have to pay Rs 4 crore for retaining an uncapped player. It is almost certain that these five players will remain back in the Lucknow team. Apart from this, Lucknow will also have an RTM option for the mega auction.
Can Nicholas Pooran become the captain?:
It is believed that the Lucknow team can retain Nicholas Pooran at number one and can pay Rs 18 crore for this. Pooran also took over the captaincy of the team in the absence of KL Rahul in IPL 2024. He is known for his explosive batting and can turn the tide of the match on his own. He can also play the role of wicketkeeper. He has scored 1769 runs in 76 IPL matches so far, including 9 half-centuries. The Lucknow team can also make him the captain.
Mayank Yadav was successful in impressing everyone in his first IPL season. He won the Player of the Award in his first two IPL matches. After this he got injured. He has played a total of four matches, in which he was successful in taking 7 wickets. The Lucknow team bought him for Rs 20 lakh for IPL 2024. Recently he made his debut in the T20 series against Bangladesh. Ravi Bishnoi has also performed well for the team in the IPL and has emerged as a big match winner.
LSG team was at number 7 in IPL 2024 points table:
The Lucknow team made it to the playoffs in IPL 2022 and 2023, but then the team could not progress beyond the eliminator. Apart from this, the team performed very poorly in IPL 2024, when it was at number 7 in the points table, far from reaching the playoffs.
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