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Rishabh Pant becomes captain of Lucknow Super Giants
Published - 21-JAN-2025 6:53 IST | Updated - 21-JAN-2025 6:53 IST
Rishabh PANT has been made the new captain of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). He will replace KL Rahul. Rishabh Pant has also been the captain of Delhi Capitals.
Pant has previously led Delhi Capitals in three seasons (2021, 2022 and 2024), although the team reached the 2021 playoffs under his captaincy. He was out of the 2023 season after a car accident. Delhi's performance under Pant's captaincy...
Pant will replace KL Rahul
Rishabh Pant will replace KL Rahul in Lucknow Super Giants. KL Rahul led LSG for the last season (2022, 2023, 2024). The team made it to the playoffs for the first two years, although could not make it to the final. At the same time, the 2024 season was very bad, the team finished 7th. LSG under the captaincy of KL Rahul
Rishabh Pant said
I will give my 200%. I will try my best to live up to the trust he has shown in me. This is a new beginning. Hopefully we will do very well in the new season.
I am very happy with my new team. There is a very good balance of young and senior players in our team. Now we have to think about how to take this franchise to new heights.
I know this is a new beginning, a new franchise. However, not much will change in the way I captain or play cricket. Yes, it is definitely that a lot will be added to it. Whatever the strategy of the team, it will move forward according to that.
LSG is the second team in IPL for Pant
LSG is the second team in IPL for Pant. Earlier, he started his career in IPL with Delhi Capitals in 2016. At that time, Daredevils (old name of Delhi Capitals) bought him for 1.6 crores in the 2016 auction. Pant has also been the captain of Delhi Capitals. He was made the captain in 2021. In 2022, he stayed away from IPL due to injury. He was also the captain of Delhi in 2023.
Before the auction, LSG retained 5 players
LSG had retained Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan, although none of them became the captain. The team was looking for an Indian player who could replace Rahul as captain. Pant was at the top of their list along with Shreyas Iyer.
There was a competition between LSG and SRH to get Pant in the auction. Their bid reached 20.75 crores, later SRH backed down. LSG increased it to Rs 27 crore to fend off the right-to-match challenge from Delhi Capitals.
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