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Lucknow Super Giants’ list of retained and released players: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have named Nicholas Pooran as their top retention ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction, and have also included Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi and the uncapped pair of Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan. Explosive West Indian wicketkeeper-batter Pooran is the top retention at Rs 21 crore while express pacer Yadav and leg-spinner Bishnoi have been retained at Rs 11 crore each. Badoni and Mohsin are retained at Rs 4 crore each that is reserved for ‘uncapped’ players.
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KL Rahul, who has led LSG for three seasons since their debut in 2022, has decided to part ways with the franchise due to “personal and professional reasons”, and will likely be in demand in the upcoming auction with a number of other franchises looking to recruit him as a captain.
Among other players heading back to the auction pool is all-rounder Krunal Pandya, who had joined the franchise in their debut season in 2022 from Mumbai Indians. Some of the other big names who have not been retained by the Sanjiv Goenka-owned franchise are South African wicketkeeper-opener Quinton de Kock, Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis and English speedster Mark Wood.
LSG’s list of retained players: Nicholas Pooran (Rs 21 crore), Mayank Yadav (Rs 11 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 11 crore), Ayush Badoni (Rs 4 crore), Mohsin Khan (Rs 4 crore).
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More ShortsLSG’s list of released players: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Krishnappa Gowtham, Arshin Kulkarni, M Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Arshad Khan, Mark Wood, David Willey, Shivam Mavi.
IPL 2025 mega auction purse remaining for LSG: Rs 69 crore
RTM options left for mega auction: 1
Surprise omissions for LSG: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya
Which players LSG retained before IPL 2022 mega auction?
Lucknow Super Giants had made their debut in 2022 and had signed KL Rahul as their skipper ahead of the mega auction, with the wicketkeeper-batter joining the franchise after four seasons with Punjab Kings. LSG also signed Stoinis and Bishnoi ahead of the auction. Lucknow would go on to reach the playoffs on debut, losing to Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Eliminator.
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