Lucknow Super Giants have put up a decent show in their last two editions of the Indian Premier League. However, they failed to win the trophy and will look to win it in the IPL 2024 auction.
In their first two editions of IPL, LSG made it to the playoffs. However, they failed to win the tie on both occasions and failed to reach the final. Led by KL Rahul, LSG has proven to be one of the strongest teams in the last two seasons.
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Ahead of the IPL 2024 auction, LSG submitted its list of retained players to the BCCI. The franchise has retained 19 players on its roster. They have retained 6 foreign players. Currently, they have Rs. 13.15 crores remain in his salary purse.
Some of the key players that LSG has retained are KL Rahul, Quinton De Kock, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Naveen Ul Haq, Nicholas Pooran and Ravi Bishnoi. Surprisingly, the franchise has retained Deepak Hooda, who had a miserable batting show last season.
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To add power to their batting, Lucknow Super Giants also added Devdutt Padikkal to their team in a trade. They traded pacer Avesh Khan to Rajasthan Royals for the same.
Among the released players, Jaydev Unadkat and Karun Nair are two well-known players. LSG have released 8 players from their squad, keeping most of the key players. Now, the KL Rahul-led team has vacancies for 6 more players, of which 2 may be abroad.
LSG released players ahead of IPL 2024
Lucknow has released 8 players from its team ahead of the IPL 2024 auction. Of them, there is only 1 foreign player and 7 Indian players.
Arpit Guleria, Daniel Sams, Karan Sharma, Karun Nair, Manan Vohra, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryansh Shegde, Swapnil Singh
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LSG retained players
LSG has retained 19 players in its squad, of which there are 6 foreign players and 11 national players. Below are their names.
KL Rahul (C), Quinton De Kock, Amit Mishra, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Naveen Ul Haq, Nicholas Pooran, Prerak Mankad , Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Charak
LSG traded players
LSG has carried out a transaction before the auction. They have picked Devdutt Padikkal from Rajasthan Royals in exchange for pacer Avesh Khan.
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LSG captain and vice-captain for IPL 2024
KL Rahul is the skipper of LSG. There were rumors of him moving to RCB. However, these reports turned out to be false. Therefore, he will also lead the team in IPL 2024. Krunal Pandya is the vice-captain of the team.
Lucknow Super Giants squad for IPL 2024
KL Rahul (C), Quinton De Kock, Amit Mishra, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Naveen Ul Haq, Nicholas Pooran, Prerak Mankad, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Charak, Devdutt Padikkal.