2025 Lucknow Super Giants season

Lucknow Super Giants

2025 season
Coach	Justin Langer
Captain	Rishabh Pant
Ground(s)	Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
League stage	7th
← 2024

The 2025 season was the 4th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Lucknow Super Giants . They were one of the ten teams competing in the 2025 Indian Premier League. They were 7th in previous season, where they finished with 14 points winning 7 out of their 14 matches in league stage. Ahead of the season, Rishabh Pant was appointed as the captain.

Lucknow Super Giants failed to qualify for the playoffs and were eliminated after they suffered 7 losses in 12 matches.

Background

Ahead of 2025 mega auction, the franchise retained Trinidadian wicket-keeper batsman Nicholas Pooran for INR 21 crore and Indian talents namely Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav for INR 11 crore each and Mohsin Khan and Ayush Badoni for INR 4 crore each. They had INR 69 crore left for the auction where they acquired 19 players. Lucknow Super Giants bought Rishabh Pant, their new captain, in 2025 mega auction for INR 27 crores, the most expensive player in the history of the league.

Retained : Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni

Acquired during auction : Rishabh Pant, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Matthew Breetzke, Manimaran Siddharth, Shamar Joseph, Arshin Kulkarni, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Singh, Akash Singh, Aryan Juyal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Himmat Singh, Yuvraj Chaudhary

Withdrawn player : Mohsin Khan (ACL tear) [Replaced by Shardul]

Replacement player : Shardul Thakur (replaced Mohsin)

Support staff changes

Team	Position	Outgoing	Incoming	Ref.
Lucknow Super Giants	Mentor	—	Zaheer Khan	[1]
	Bowling coach	Morne Morkel	—
	Assistant coach	Sridharan Sriram	Vijay Dahiya
	Spin bowling consultant	Pravin Tambe	—
	Fielding coach	Jonty Rhodes	—
	Cricket consultant	Adam Voges	—

Lucknow Super Giants are placed in Group B for 2025 alongwith Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals. For 2025, LSG is scheduled to play two games against each of MI, SRH, GT, DC and PBKS and one match against each of CSK, KKR, RR and RCB.

Squad

Squad of Lucknow Super Giants consists of 6 overseas players and 19 Indian players. There are 13 capped players and 12 uncapped players.

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
•  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
•  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batters
10	David Miller	South Africa	(1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 36)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2025	₹7.5 crore (US$890,000)	Overseas
94	Aiden Markram	South Africa	(1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2025	₹2 crore (US$240,000)	Overseas
	Himmat Singh	India	(1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2025	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
	Matthew Breetzke	South Africa	(1998-11-03) 3 November 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2025	₹75 lakh (US$89,000)	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
17	Rishabh Pant	India	(1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed		2025	₹27 crore (US$3.2 million)	Captain
29	Nicholas Pooran	West Indies	(1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed		2023	₹21 crore (US$2.5 million)	Vice-Captain; Overseas
	Aryan Juyal	India	(2001-11-11) 11 November 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed		2025	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
All-rounders
54	Shardul Thakur	India	(1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2025	₹2 crore (US$240,000)	Replacement player; Replaced Mohsin Khan
8	Mitchell Marsh	Australia	(1991-10-20) 20 October 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2025	₹3.4 crore (US$400,000)	Overseas
21	Shahbaz Ahmed	India	(1994-12-11) 11 December 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2025	₹2.4 crore (US$280,000)
3	Ayush Badoni	India	(1999-12-03) 3 December 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2022	₹4 crore (US$470,000)
	Yuvraj Chaudhary	India	(2001-10-06) 6 October 2001 (age 23)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2025	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
	Abdul Samad	India	(2001-10-28) 28 October 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2025	₹4.2 crore (US$500,000)
	Rajvardhan Hangargekar	India	(2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2025	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
	Arshin Kulkarni	India	(2005-02-15) 15 February 2005 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast		₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Pace bowlers
06	Avesh Khan	India	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2025	₹9.75 crore (US$1.2 million)
	Akash Deep	India	(1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2025	₹8 crore (US$950,000)
	Mohsin Khan	India	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 26)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2022	₹4 crore (US$470,000)	Withdrawn Player; Replaced by Shardul Thakur
	Shamar Joseph	West Indies	(1999-08-31) 31 August 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast		₹75 lakh (US$89,000)	Overseas
25	Prince Yadav	India	(2001-12-12) 12 December 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2025	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
	Akash Singh	India	(2002-04-26) 26 April 2002 (age 23)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2025	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
	Mayank Yadav	India	(2002-06-17) 17 June 2002 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022	₹11 crore (US$1.3 million)
Spin bowlers
30	Manimaran Siddharth	India	(1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 27)	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox		₹75 lakh (US$89,000)
74	Digvesh Singh	India	(1999-12-15) 15 December 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2025	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
56	Ravi Bishnoi	India	(2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	₹11 crore (US$1.3 million)
Source: LSG Squad

• Mohsin Khan withdrew from the tournament due to ACL Tear on 23 March 2025. On the same day, Shardul Thakur was signed as the replacement.

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Team manager	Saumyadeep Pyne
Director - Talent Search and Academies	M. S. K. Prasad
Head coach	Justin Langer
Mentor	Zaheer Khan
Assistant coaches	Lance Klusener
	Vijay Dahiya
	Rajat Bhatia

League stage

Points table

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	A	Punjab Kings (R)	14	9	4	1	19	0.372	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	A	Royal Challengers Bengaluru (C)	14	9	4	1	19	0.301
3	B	Gujarat Titans (4th)	14	9	5	0	18	0.254	Advanced to Eliminator
4	B	Mumbai Indians (3rd)	14	8	6	0	16	1.142
5	B	Delhi Capitals	14	7	6	1	15	0.011	Eliminated
6	B	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	6	7	1	13	−0.241
7	B	Lucknow Super Giants	14	6	8	0	12	−0.376
8	A	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	5	7	2	12	−0.305
9	A	Rajasthan Royals	14	4	10	0	8	−0.549
10	A	Chennai Super Kings	14	4	10	0	8	−0.647

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

League Progression

League progression

Team	Group matches														Playoffs
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Q1/E	Q2	F
Lucknow Super Giants	0	2	2	4	6	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	12	12

Win

Loss

No result

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Fixtures

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

Match 4 24 March 2025 (2025-03-24) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants 209/8 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals (H) 211/9 (19.3 overs)
Nicholas Pooran 75 (30) Mitchell Starc 3/42 (4 overs)		Ashutosh Sharma 66* (31) Shardul Thakur 2/19 (2 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 1 wicket ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: Ashutosh Sharma (Delhi Capitals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
• Vipraj Nigam (Delhi Capitals), Prince Yadav and Digvesh Rathi (Lucknow Super Giants) made their IPL debuts. ^[3]

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Match 7 27 March 2025 (2025-03-27) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 190/9 (20 overs)	v	Lucknow Super Giants 193/5 (16.1 overs)
Travis Head 47 (28) Shardul Thakur 4/34 (4 overs)		Nicholas Pooran 70 (26) Pat Cummins 2/29 (3 overs)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 5 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) Player of the match: Shardul Thakur (Lucknow Super Giants)

• Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 13 1 April 2025 (2025-04-01) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants (H) 171/7 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings 177/2 (16.2 overs)
Nicholas Pooran 44 (30) Arshdeep Singh 3/43 (4 overs)		Prabhsimran Singh 69 (34) Digvesh Rathi 2/30 (4 overs)

Punjab Kings won by 8 wickets Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind) Player of the match: Prabhsimran Singh (Punjab Kings)

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 16 4 April 2025 (2025-04-04) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants (H) 203/8 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 191/5 (20 overs)
Mitchell Marsh 60 (31) Hardik Pandya 5/36 (4 overs)		Suryakumar Yadav 67 (43) Digvesh Rathi 1/21 (4 overs)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 12 runs Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) Player of the match: Digvesh Rathi (Lucknow Super Giants)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 21 8 April 2025 (2025-04-08) 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants 238/3 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 234/7 (20 overs)
Nicholas Pooran 87* (36) Harshit Rana 2/51 (4 overs)		Ajinkya Rahane 61 (35) Shardul Thakur 2/52 (4 overs)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 4 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
• This match was originally scheduled for 6 April but was rescheduled to 8 April. ^[4]

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Match 26 12 April 2025 (2025-04-12) 15:30 (N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans 180/6 (20 overs)	v	Lucknow Super Giants (H) 186/4 (19.3 overs)
Shubman Gill 60 (38) Shardul Thakur 2/34 (4 overs)		Nicholas Pooran 61 (34) Prasidh Krishna 2/26 (4 overs)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 6 wickets Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Kannur Swaroopanand (Ind) Player of the match: Aiden Markram (Lucknow Super Giants)

• Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 30 14 April 2025 (2025-04-14) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants (H) 166/7 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 168/5 (19.3 overs)
Rishabh Pant 63 (49) Ravindra Jadeja 2/24 (3 overs)		Shivam Dube 43* (37) Ravi Bishnoi 2/18 (3 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings)

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• Shaik Rasheed (Chennai Super Kings) made his IPL debut. ^[5]

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Match 36 19 April 2025 (2025-04-19) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants 180/5 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals (H) 178/5 (20 overs)
Aiden Markram 66 (45) Wanindu Hasaranga 2/31 (4 overs)		Yashasvi Jaiswal 74 (52) Avesh Khan 3/37 (4 overs)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 2 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind) Player of the match: Avesh Khan (Lucknow Super Giants)

• Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
• Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals) became the youngest player to make IPL debut. ^[6]

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Match 40 22 April 2025 (2025-04-22) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants (H) 159/6 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 161/2 (17.5 overs)
Aiden Markram 52 (33) Mukesh Kumar 4/33 (4 overs)		KL Rahul 57* (42) Aiden Markram 2/30 (3 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 8 wickets Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Kaushik Gandhi (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) Player of the match: Mukesh Kumar (Delhi Capitals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 45 27 April 2025 (2025-04-27) 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians (H) 215/7 (20 overs)	v	Lucknow Super Giants 161 (20 overs)
Ryan Rickelton 58 (32) Mayank Yadav 2/40 (4 overs)		Ayush Badoni 35 (22) Jasprit Bumrah 4/22 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 54 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Will Jacks (Mumbai Indians)

• Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
• Corbin Bosch (Mumbai Indians) made his IPL debut. ^[7]

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Match 54 4 May 2025 (2025-05-04) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Punjab Kings (H) 236/5 (20 overs)	v	Lucknow Super Giants 199/7 (20 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 91 (48) Akash Singh 2/30 (4 overs)		Ayush Badoni 74 (40) Arshdeep Singh 3/16 (4 overs)

Punjab Kings won by 37 runs HPCA Cricket Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: Parashar Joshi (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Prabhsimran Singh (Punjab Kings)

• Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 61 19 May 2025 (2025-05-19) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants (H) 205/7 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 206/4 (18.2 overs)
Mitchell Marsh 65 (39) Eshan Malinga 2/28 (4 overs)		Abhishek Sharma 59 (20) Digvesh Rathi 2/37 (4 overs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 6 wickets Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Kannur Swaroopanand (Ind) Player of the match: Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
• This match was originally scheduled for 18 May at the same venue, before being rescheduled. ^[8]
• Harsh Dubey (Sunrisers Hyderabad) made his IPL debut. ^[9]
• Lucknow Super Giants were eliminated as a result of this match. ^[10]

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Match 64 22 May 2025 (2025-05-22) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants 235/2 (20 overs)	v	Gujarat Titans (H) 202/9 (20 overs)
Mitchell Marsh 117 (64) Sai Kishore 1/34 (3 overs)		Shahrukh Khan 57 (29) Will O'Rourke 3/27 (4 overs)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 33 runs Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Mohit Krishnadas (Ind) Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Lucknow Super Giants)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
• This match was originally scheduled for 14 May at the same venue, before being rescheduled. ^[8]

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Match 70 27 May 2025 (2025-05-27) 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants (H) 227/3 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bengaluru 230/4 (18.4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 118* (61) Nuwan Thushara 1/26 (4 overs)		Jitesh Sharma 85* (33) Will O'Rourke 2/74 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 6 wickets Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Jitesh Sharma (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

• Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.
• This match was originally scheduled for 9 May at the same venue, before being rescheduled. ^[8]

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Statistics

Most runs ^[11]

Runs	Player
455	Nicholas Pooran
443	Mitchell Marsh
409	Aiden Markram
329	Ayush Badoni
163	Abdul Samad

Most wickets ^[12]

Wickets	Player
14	Digvesh Singh
13	Shardul Thakur
10	Avesh Khan
9	Ravi Bishnoi
4	Aiden Markram

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