Lucknow Super Giants coach Justin Langer said they will try to bring back players from last year’s IPL squad in the upcoming auctions after they achieved their goal of retaining their core with Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni and Ravi Bishnoi. .
“We are very happy to announce four talented Indian players right now. We are laying the foundation of those strong Indian players – Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Ayush Badoni, Mohsin Khan – four players who are incredibly talented and I am excited about that,” Langer told X.
“Nicholas Pooran is a powerful player in world cricket and we can’t wait to see him play again. We have one more Right To Match (RTM) and hope to pick up as many of our players as possible from last year’s auction. Mr Goenka has thought long and hard about this and as I said, we have spoken repeatedly at every opportunity,” he added.
“𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘴𝘴𝘴𝘴𝘴𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘩 pic.twitter.com/kAobiuFQ6s
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Pooran was retained for a whopping Rs 21 crore, which is the joint second-highest paid player in this retention cycle along with Royal Challengers Bengaluru talisman Virat Kohli and only behind Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Heinrich Klaasen (Rs 23 crore). .
After letting go of big players like captain KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis and Deepak Hooda, the franchise will go into the auction with a purse of Rs 69 crore.
Rahul, who captained the team for three seasons since its inception in 2022, was let go following LSG’s seventh-place finish in IPL 2024. Rahul is now set to enter the big auction.