Lucknow Super Giants Team 2025

Last Modified May 21, 2025 17:33 IST
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LSG players in action. (Source: Getty)

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) are one of the most recently founded sides in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They started competing in the IPL in 2022 and have reached the IP playoffs stage twice (2022, 2023), as of May 2025. Under Justin Langer's coaching and Rishabh Pant's captaincy, the franchise team are aiming to reach their first-ever IPL final and also lift their maiden IPL title in the IPL 2025.

LSG made giant strides in the IPL 2025 auction as they bought Pant for a staggering INR 27 crore, which is the highest fee for a player in IPL auction history. The team also balanced out their squad by purchasing explosive batters, match-winning all-rounders, and exciting bowlers.

Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2025 Squad

LSG retained five players before the deadline for retention ahead of the IPL 2025 auction. LSG retained Nicholas Pooran for INR 21 crore, Ravi Bishnoi for INR 11 crore, Mayank Yadav for INR 11 crore, Mohsin Khan for INR 4 crore, and Ayush Badoni for INR 4 crore. LSG has 24 players to represent their team for the 2025 edition of the IPL.

PlayerCountryRole
Nicholas Pooran (Retained)West IndiesWicket-keeper/Batter
Ravi Bishnoi (Retained)IndiaBowler
Shardul Thakur (Replacement for Mohsin Khan)IndiaBowler
Ayush Badoni (Retained)IndiaBatter
David MillerSouth AfricaBatter
Aiden MarkramSouth AfricaBatter
Abdul SamadIndiaBatter
Himmat SinghIndiaBatter
Matthew BreetzkeSouth AfricaBatter
Rishabh PantIndiaWicket-keeper/Batter
Aryan JuyalIndiaWicket-keeper/Batter
Mitchell MarshAustraliaAll-rounder
Digvesh SinghIndiaAll-rounder
Yuvraj ChaudharyIndiaAll-rounder
Arshin KulkarniIndiaAll-rounder
Avesh KhanIndiaBowler
Akash DeepIndiaBowler
Manimaran Siddharth IndiaBowler
Shahbaz AhmedIndiaBowler
Akash SinghIndiaBowler
Shamar Joseph*West IndiesBowler
Prince YadavIndiaBowler
Rajvardhan HangargekarIndiaBowler
William O'Rourke (Mayank Yadav's Replacement)New ZealandBowler
  • Shamar Joseph will not be available for the rest of the IPL 2025 games (after resumption of the league from May 17, 2025)

Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2025 Indian Players List

PlayerCapped/Uncapped
Ayush BadoniUncapped
Himmat SinghUncapped
Aryan JuyalUncapped
Rishabh PantCapped
Shahbaz AhmedCapped
Abdul SamadUncapped
RS HangargekarUncapped
Arshin KulkarniUncapped
Yuvraj ChaudharyUncapped
Ravi BishnoiCapped
Shardul ThakurCapped
Akash DeepCapped
Akash SinghUncapped
Manimaran SiddharthUncapped
Digvesh SinghUncapped
Avesh KhanCapped
Prince SinghUncapped

Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2025 Overseas Players List

PlayerCapped/Uncapped
David MillerCapped
Aiden MarkramCapped
Matthew BreetzkeCapped
Nicholas PooranCapped
Mitchell MarshCapped
Shamar JosephCapped
William O'RourkeCapped

Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2025 Auction Buys

LSG purchased 19 cricketers, including 14 Indian stars and five overseas players, in the IPL 2025 auction. Rishabh Pant was the most expensive buy of the auction as he was purchased for INR 27 crore. David Miller was the most expensive overseas acquisition as he was bought for INR 7.5 crore. Abdul Samad, on the other hand, was the most expensive uncapped player as he was bought for INR 4.2 crore.

PlayerBase PriceWinning Bid
Rishabh PantINR 2 croreINR 27 crore
Avesh KhanINR 2 croreINR 9.75 crore
Akash DeepINR 1 croreINR 8 crore
David MillerINR 1.5 croreINR 7.5 crore
Abdul SamadINR 30 lakhINR 4.2 crore
Mitchell MarshINR 2 croreINR 3.4 crore
Shahbaz AhmedINR 1 croreINR 2.4 crore
Aiden MarkramINR 2 croreINR 2 crore
Matthew BreetzkeINR 75 lakhINR 75 lakh
Shamar JosephINR 75 lakhINR 75 lakh
Manimaran SiddharthINR 30 lakhINR 30 lakh
Arshin KulkarniINR 30 lakhINR 30 lakh
Rajvardhan HangargekarINR 30 lakhINR 30 lakh
Yuvraj ChaudharyINR 30 lakhINR 30 lakh
Prince YadavINR 30 lakhINR 30 lakh
Akash SinghINR 30 lakhINR 30 lakh
Digvesh SinghINR 30 lakhINR 30 lakh
Himmat SinghINR 30 lakhINR 30 lakh
Aryan JuyalINR 30 lakhINR 30 lakh

LSG Replacements

Shardul Thakur came in as an injury replacement for Mohsin Khan, who left LSG after suffering an injury, for INR 2 crore. William O'Rourke was also purcased for INR 3 crore to replace Mayank Yadav, who was ruled out of the IPL 2025 following a back injury.

NOTE: Aiden Markram will leave LSG after May 27 due to the 2025 World Test Championship (WTC) final.

Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2025 Auction Purse Value

LSG spent a total of INR 68.9 crore out of their INR 120 crore purse in the IPL 2025 auction. LSG spent INR 51 crore on the retention of five players. The franchise team have INR 10 lakh in their remaining purse.

FranchisePurse BalanceRetention SpentAuction SpentPurse Remaining
Lucknow Super GiantsINR 120 croreINR 51 croreINR 68.9 croreINR 10 lakh

FAQs on LSG

A. LSG retained four Indian stars and one overseas player ahead of the IPL 2025 auction.

A. LSG purchased 19 players, comprising 14 Indians and five overseas players, in the IPL 2025 auction.

A. LSG have a squad of 24 players for the IPL 2025.

A. Rishabh Pant was the most expensive acquisition (INR 27 crore) by LSG in the IPL 2025 auction.

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