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Lucknow Super Giants coach Justin Langer said they will be trying to bring back the players from last year’s IPL squad in the upcoming auctions after they achieved their objective of retaining a strong core with Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni and Ravi Bishnoi.
“We are really pleased with announcing the four of the most talented Indian players in the country at the moment. We are setting a base for those strong Indian players — Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Ayush Badoni, Mohsin Khan — four incredibly talented players and I’m excited about that,” Langer said on X.
“Nicholas Pooran is a dynamic player in world cricket and we can’t wait to see him in action again. We have got one more Right To Match (RTM) and we are hoping to pick up as many of our players as possible from last year in the auction. Mr Goenka has thought long and hard about this and like I have said, we have talked over and over all the possibilities,” he added.
“𝘈 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬” 👀🫡 pic.twitter.com/kAobiuFQ6s
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) November 2, 2024
Pooran was retained for a whopping Rs 21 crore, the joint second-most paid to a player in this retention cycle along with Royal Challengers Bengaluru talisman Virat Kohli and behind only Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Heinrich Klaasen (Rs 23 crore).
After releasing big names like skipper 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 had captained the team for the three seasons since it came into existence in 2022, was let go following LSG’s seventh-place finish in IPL 2024. Rahul will now go into the mega auction.
