Lucknow Super Giants

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Lucknow Super Giants
League	Indian Premier League
Personnel
Captain	Rishabh Pant
Coach	Justin Langer
Chairman	Sanjiv Goenka
Owner	RPSG Group ;
Chief executive	Vinod Bisht
Manager	Saumyadeep Pyne
Team information
City	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Colours	Blue & Orange
Founded	2021;4 years ago
Home ground	Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Capacity	50,100
Official website	lucknowsupergiants.in
Regular kit	Mohun Bagan tribute kit
	2024 Lucknow Super Giants season

Last updated February 11, 2025

Lucknow Super Giants(LSG) is a professional franchise cricket team based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2021, the team plays its home matches at the Ekana Cricket Stadium. The team is owned by RPSG Group.

Franchise history

The Governing Council of the Indian Premier League issued an invitation to tender for two new sides in August 2021. A total of 22 companies declared an interest, but with a high base price for the new teams, there were no more than six serious bidders. The Sanjiv Goenka-owned RPSG Group won the rights to operate the Lucknow franchise with a bid of ₹ 7,090 crore (equivalent to ₹80 billionorUS$920 million in 2023).^[2]^[3]

The team launched a competition to decide its name, with Lucknow Super Giants chosen in January 2022.South African franchise Durban's Super Giant ^[4] s and also in the renaming of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club's footballing division to Mohun Bagan Super Giant.^[5]

Team history

At the February 2022 mega auction, the franchise purchased its first set of players. Notable players signed included KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Mark Wood and Marcus Stoinis. Later in the year, the franchise named Rahul as the captain of the team and former Zimbabwean cricketer Andy Flower as head coach.^[6]^[7] Additionally, former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir was appointed as the team mentor.^[8]

In the 2022 season, the franchise finished third in the group stage and qualified for the playoffs. They faced the fourth placed Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator match and were knocked out at that stage.^[9] The 2023 season saw the side again finishing 3rd and losing the eliminator, this time to Mumbai Indians.

The Lucknow Super Giants became one of the 10 most popular cricket clubs from India. As of March 2024, the club had 4.6 million followers on social media.^[10]

Seasons

Season	League standing	Final standing
2022	3rd out of 10	Playoffs
2023	3rd out of 10	Playoffs
2024	7th out of 10	League stage

Captains

Last updated: 22 January 2025 ^[11]

Player	Nationality^[a]	From	To	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%	Best Result
KL Rahul	India	2022	2024	37	20	17	0	0	54.05	Playoffs (2022, 2023)
Krunal Pandya	India	2023	2023	6	3	2	0	1	50	Stand-In
Nicholas Pooran	West Indies	2024	2024	1	1	0	0	0	100	Stand-In
Rishabh Pant	India	2025	Present	N/A

Result summary

Season summary

Season	Round	Table Standing	Matches Played	Won	Lost	No Result	Win%
2022	Eliminator	3rd	15	9	6	0	60
2023	Eliminator	3rd	15	8	6	1	53.33
2024	League	7th	14	7	7	0	50
Total			44	24	19	1	54.54

By opposition

Source- Cricbuzz^[12]

Last updated: 18 May 2024

Home ground

The team's home ground is the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. During its first season, the team was unable to play any matches at the ground due to restrictions put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19 in India; all of the 2022 league stage matches were hosted in Maharashtra.^[13] These restrictions were removed in 2023 and the side played on the ground during the season.

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Year	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Chest branding
2022	The Souled Store	My11Circle	Darwin Platform	Greenply
2023	Alcis		Shyam Steel
2024	SIX5SIX		BKT

Current squad

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	Salary	Notes
Batters
	David Miller	South Africa	(1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	₹7.5 crore (US$870,000)	Overseas
	Aiden Markram	South Africa	(1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	₹2 crore (US$230,000)	Overseas
	Himmat Singh	India	(1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
	Ayush Badoni	India	(1999-12-03) 3 December 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	₹4 crore (US$460,000)
Wicket-keepers
	Nicholas Pooran	West Indies	(1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed		₹21 crore (US$2.4 million)	Overseas
	Rishabh Pant	India	(1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed		₹27 crore (US$3.1 million)	Captain
	Matthew Breetzke	South Africa	(1998-11-03) 3 November 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed		₹75 lakh (US$87,000)	Overseas
	Aryan Juyal	India	(2001-11-11) 11 November 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed		₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
All-rounders
	Mitchell Marsh	Australia	(1991-10-20) 20 October 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	₹3.4 crore (US$390,000)	Overseas
	Shahbaz Ahmed	India	(1994-12-11) 11 December 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	₹2.4 crore (US$280,000)
	Yuvraj Chaudhary	India	(2001-10-06) 6 October 2001 (age 23)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
	Abdul Samad	India	(2001-10-28) 28 October 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	₹4.2 crore (US$490,000)
	Rajvardhan Hangargekar	India	(2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
	Arshin Kulkarni	India	(2005-02-15) 15 February 2005 (age 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Pace bowlers
	Avesh Khan	India	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	₹9.75 crore (US$1.1 million)
	Akash Deep	India	(1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	₹8 crore (US$920,000)
	Prince Yadav	India	(1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
	Mohsin Khan	India	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 26)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	₹4 crore (US$460,000)
	Shamar Joseph	West Indies	(1999-08-31) 31 August 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	₹75 lakh (US$87,000)	Overseas
	Akash Singh	India	(2002-04-26) 26 April 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
	Mayank Yadav	India	(2002-06-17) 17 June 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	₹11 crore (US$1.3 million)
Spin bowlers
	Manimaran Siddharth	India	(1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox	₹75 lakh (US$87,000)
	Digvesh Singh	India	(1999-12-15) 15 December 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
	Ravi Bishnoi	India	(2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	₹11 crore (US$1.3 million)
Source: LSG Squad

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
CEO	Vinod Bisht
Team manager	Saumyadeep Pyne
Director - Talent Search and Academies	M. S. K. Prasad
Head coach	Justin Langer
Mentor	Zaheer Khan
Assistant coach	Lance Klusener
Assistant coach	Vijay Dahiya
Cricket Consultant	Adam Voges
Spin bowling consultant	Pravin Tambe
Fielding coach	Jonty Rhodes
Source: LSG Staff

Super Giant family

Notes

↑ The information in the nationality column is according to ESPNcricinfo. This information may not necessarily reflect the player's birthplace or citizenship.

References

↑ "Mohun Bagan or Lucknow Super Giants? LSGs New Jersey For KKR Game in IPL 2024 Get Fans Reacting!". www.india.com. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
↑ "Industrialist Sanjiv Goenka wins IPL's new Lucknow franchise with bid of over Rs 7,000 crore". The Print. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
↑ "Sanjiv Goenka's RPSG Group gets Lucknow franchise with Rs 7,090 crore bid: BCCI source". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
↑ "RPSG Sports Business | Businesses". www.rpsg.in. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
↑ "ATK removed, it's Mohun Bagan Super Giant from June 1". The Times of India. 17 May 2023. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 9 May 2024.
↑ Abhishek, Aharon. "IPL 2022: 3 litmus tests KL Rahul must pass as LSG captain". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
↑ "Andy Flower named Lucknow IPL franchise head coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
↑ "Gautam Gambhir first Indian to be appointed global mentor of a T20 franchise". India Today. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
↑ Gupta, Rajarshi (26 May 2022). "IPL 2022 Eliminator LSG vs RCB: Royal Challengers Bangalore storm into Qualifier 2, Lucknow Super Giants knocked out". India Today. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
↑ "Which IPL team has the most fans? CSK becomes first team to hit 16m followers on Instagram | Sporting News India". 21 May 2024.
↑ "LSG : captains". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
↑ "Lucknow Super Giants Cricket Team live scores, results". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
↑ "IPL 2022 to be held in five venues across Maharashtra". The New Indian Express. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

External links

Official website
Team profile at iplt20.com

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[12] The information in the nationality column is according to ESPNcricinfo. This information may not necessarily reflect the player's birthplace or citizenship.

[1] "Mohun Bagan or Lucknow Super Giants? LSGs New Jersey For KKR Game in IPL 2024 Get Fans Reacting!". www.india.com. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

[2] "Industrialist Sanjiv Goenka wins IPL's new Lucknow franchise with bid of over Rs 7,000 crore". The Print. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

[3] "Sanjiv Goenka's RPSG Group gets Lucknow franchise with Rs 7,090 crore bid: BCCI source". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[4] "RPSG Sports Business | Businesses". www.rpsg.in. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

[5] "ATK removed, it's Mohun Bagan Super Giant from June 1". The Times of India. 17 May 2023. ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 9 May 2024.

[6] Abhishek, Aharon. "IPL 2022: 3 litmus tests KL Rahul must pass as LSG captain". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

[7] "Andy Flower named Lucknow IPL franchise head coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

[8] "Gautam Gambhir first Indian to be appointed global mentor of a T20 franchise". India Today. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

[9] Gupta, Rajarshi (26 May 2022). "IPL 2022 Eliminator LSG vs RCB: Royal Challengers Bangalore storm into Qualifier 2, Lucknow Super Giants knocked out". India Today. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[10] "Which IPL team has the most fans? CSK becomes first team to hit 16m followers on Instagram | Sporting News India". 21 May 2024.

[11] "LSG : captains". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2023.

[13] "Lucknow Super Giants Cricket Team live scores, results". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

[14] "IPL 2022 to be held in five venues across Maharashtra". The New Indian Express. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

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v t e Lucknow Super Giants
Players
Home ground	Ekana Cricket Stadium (2022–present)
Captains	KL Rahul (2022–2024) Krunal Pandya† (2023) Nicholas Pooran† (2024) Rishabh Pant (2025–present)
Coaches	Andy Flower (2022–23) Justin Langer (2024–present)
Seasons	2022 2023 2024
See also	Durban's Super Giants UP Warriorz
† denotes a stand-in captain