Lucknow Super Giants announced captain before IPL 2025, made Rishabh Pant the leader for 27 crores – lucknow super giants named rishabh pant captain for ipl 2025 brought him for 27 crores

New Delhi: Lucknow Supergiants (LSG), the franchise which included Rishabh Pant in the team for a record amount in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, on Monday made this star wicketkeeper of India its captain. LSG had bought Pant for Rs 27 crores. Pant has led Delhi Capitals in IPL. Earlier, Indian batsman Lokesh Rahul had led this franchise, which came into existence in 2022, for three seasons. However, the franchise did not retain him. This Lucknow team finished seventh in the 2024 season. The team had retained Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan while in the auction it had successfully bid for David Miller, Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram as well as Indian fast bowlers Akash Deep and Avesh Khan. After the auction, Puran, Marsh, Markram and Miller were also considered possible candidates for captaincy. After becoming the captain, Rishabh Pant has given a statement on the rumors regarding him before the IPL auction.

Rishabh Pant gave a big statement

When asked about the rumors surrounding the IPL auction on Star Sports on Monday, Pant revealed that his only fear was that he might go to Punjab, as they had the biggest purse. However he admitted that the tension had eased after Shreyas Iyer was bought by the franchise for Rs 26.75 crore.

He said, ‘I had only one tension, that was Punjab (laughs). She had the biggest purse. When Shreyas went to Punjab, I thought I can go to LSG. There was a possibility. But with auctions you never know. So I thought I would wait and see and kept my fingers crossed.
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