IPL 2025 Auction review | Lucknow Super Giants

This article will discuss how Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) fared in the Indian Premier League auction.

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) got some serious bad press when a photo of the LSG owner having a heated argument with the then captain KL Rahul. This damaged the entire LSG PR campaign.

It became very clear that KL Rahul would not be part of the LSG leadership group or the team itself. Like KKR, LSG was now also going into the auction with a captain buy on the cards.

Lucknow Super Giants are set to retain five players ahead of the #IPLAuction.

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LSG Retained Players

Nicholas Pooran ( ₹21 crore)
Mayank Yadav ( ₹11 crore)
Ravi Bishnoi ( ₹11 crore)
Mohsin Khan ( ₹4 crore)
Ayush Badoni ( ₹4 crore)

The Price tag for Nicholas Pooran raised a few eyebrows, but Nicholas Pooran has over the years become one of the world’s top T20 players and if required can put on the wicket-keeping gloves too. A leadership role was probably also on the cards.

The Auction

The highlight of the LSG auction was the buying of the costliest player in IPL history, the maverick Rishabh Pant for 27 Crores.

Rishabh Pant auction was the talk of the entire auction as the South Paw was on the must-buy list in most franchises’ wishlists. With a base price of Rs 2 Crores, there was an intense bidding war.

It was Delhi Capitals who went very hard for their ex-captain, but LSG managed to win the bid. With this one buy, LSG covered 2 important positions for the team, a wicketkeeper and a captain they desperately needed.

While they made all the right noise with the Rishabh Pant buy, did they falter in the bowling department which looks not as complete as their batting

Lucknow Super Giants has done very well in the last few seasons, being the newest entrant in the Indian Premier League along with the Gujarat Titans. With Pant’s acquisition, LSG has made a bold statement on their IPL title aspirations.

David Miller (Rs 7.5 crore), Mitchell Marsh (Rs 3.4 crore), and Aiden Markram (Rs 2 crore) were good International buys for the franchise.

The bowling unit includes Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, and Shamar Joseph.

Lucknow Super Giants’ IPL Auction 2025 purchases

Rishabh Pant: Rs 27 crore
David Miller: Rs 7.5 crore
Avesh Khan: Rs 9.75 crore
Mitchell Marsh: Rs 3.4 crore
Aiden Markram: Rs 2 crore
Abdul Samad: Rs 4.2 crore
Aryan Juyal: Rs 30 lakh
Shahbaz Ahmed: Rs 2.4 crore
Rajvardhan Hangargekar: Rs 30 lakh
Himmat Singh: Rs 30 lakh
M Siddharth: Rs 75 lakh
Akash Deep: Rs 8 crore
Akash Singh: Rs 30 lakh
Prince Yadav: Rs 30 lakh
Shamar Joseph: Rs 75 lakh
Yuvraj Chaudhary: Rs 30 lakh
Digvesh Singh: Rs 30 lakh
Matheew Breetzke: Rs 75 lakh
Arshin Kulkarni: Rs 30 lakh

Let us Review the auction Buys

Hits

Four potential captaincy options in Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, and Mitchel Marsh have allowed LSG to have a very good leadership group in the squad.
Rishabh Pant with David Miller make up a great middle-order pair that can give the much-needed power hitting from overs 15-20.
LSG has one of the most explosive batting depth.LSG has a lineup capable of posting massive totals or chasing daunting targets.

Misses

LSG will over-rely on their batting as the inexperienced bowling lineup may struggle in the powerplay and during the death overs
Bowling attack lacks proven IPL credentials as a proper death bowling unit.
Lack of quality spinner other than Ravi Bishnoi may prove costly for LSG in turning tracks and away games.
Specialised Openers are missing in the batting lineup.

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) full squad for IPL 2025

David Miller, Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh

Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Matheew Breetzke, Aryan Juyal

Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ayush Badoni, Arshin Kulkarni, Prince Yadav

Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Akash Deep, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, M Siddharth, Shamar Joseph, Akash Singh, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Digvesh Singh

LSG predicted playing XI

Nicholas Pooran

Aiden Markram

Rishabh Pant

Mitchell Marsh

David Miller

Shahbaz Ahmed

Ravi Bishnoi

Moshin Khan

Mayank Yadav

Avesh Khan

Impact player: Ayush Badoni / Arshin Kulkarni

Player to look out for

Indian Player – Rishabh Pant
Foreign Player – Nicholas Pooran

Super Sports View and IPL Predictions

Lucknow Super Giants on paper looks a strong batting unit but there are glaring gaps in their squad. While they have banked on their batting, teams winning championships are teams with a strong bowling unit.

Even with a good batting unit, Lucknow Super Giants failed to keep specialist opening batsmen which may hurt them in the tournament.

While the team may look an aggressive side on paper, batting having oversees player and an in experienced Indian bowling attack may not help them reach the playoffs.

We give the squad 7/10

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