The 15th season of IPL will be introducing 2 new teams and thus IPL 2022 will be a ten-team event, with the addition of these two new franchises. The two new teams will be from Ahmedabad and Lucknow.
A start of a brand-new chapter for the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the addition of two new teams, will certainly make the IPL tournament more exciting than ever before.
In Oct 2021, the Lucknow franchise was bagged by the business group of Sanjiv Goenka, known as the RPSG Group. RPSG’s winning bid quote was INR 7,090 crores.
Though it is the first time for Lucknow to have its own team in IPL, it is not the first time for RPSG, which has already made a foray into sporting activities, some time back. The group had earlier owned the IPL franchise Rising Pune Supergiant (2016-17), and currently are owners of the Indian Super League (ISL) club, ATK Mohun Bagan.
Lucknow Super Giants IPL Squad 2022
The jersey details and squad details, all is being worked on and the specifics will be released soon.
Lucknow Super Giants will need to select an entire brand-new team in the upcoming huge auction. Also, they will certainly be requiring a strong captain. So, which are the deserving cricketers being considered to take charge of the team?
With the Mega auction for IPL 2022 aligned in December 2021, the Lucknow franchise will look out for players that can form a strong team and a Team-lead to take charge of this debutant team.
While the rules and regulations around retention of the existing teams are yet to be divulged, the new franchise business will be eyeing players that would certainly not just be fan faves but also provide a feeling of belonging, and additionally have great gameplay, helping the team to prosper in the tournament.
A strong contender for the post of Captaincy for IPL Team Lucknow Super Giants is Steve Smith. He has among the smartest cricket minds going around. Having played for various teams in IPL, his techniques are usually valued by one and all. Besides, his captaincy record in the IPL is good, to claim the least.
Barring the one negative season in 2020, he has been astonishing as an IPL captain. Not only has he been outstanding for the Rajasthan Royals, but he was really inspirational as a captain of the Rising Pune Supergiant. He took them to the finals. Sanjiv Goenka, the owner of the Lucknow Super Giants team was also the owner of the Pune team at that time.
So here’s wishing all the Luck now to the Lucknow Super Giants IPL team!
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