Will Rishabh Pant become the captain of Lucknow Supergiants? Sanjeev Goenka held a meeting, what decisions will the franchise take?

Last updated:January 20, 2025, 1:52 pm IST

Lucknow Supergiants (LSG), the franchise that included Rishabh Pant in the team, can make this star wicketkeeper of India its next captain on Monday.

New Delhi. Lucknow Supergiants, the franchise that included Rishabh Pant in the team with a record bid in the Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL) auction, can make this star wicketkeeper of India as its next captain on Monday. LSG owner Sanjeev Goenka has called the media for a special conversation without revealing anything.

LSG had bought Pant for Rs 27 crores. Pant has led Delhi Capitals in IPL. Earlier, Indian batsman Lokesh Rahul had led this franchise for three seasons from 2022 to 2024. However, the franchise did not retain him/her. The franchise is fully prepared to make Rishabh Pant the captain.

This team of Lucknow stood seventh in the 2024 season. The team had retained Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan, while apart from David Miller, Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram, Indian fast bowlers Akash Deep and Avesh Khan had been bid in the auction. After the auction, Puran, Marsh, Markram and Miller were also considered as possible candidates for captaincy.

Lucknow’s squad for IPL 2025- Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden McCrum, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed. , Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Choudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Mathew Britzke