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Lucknow Super Giants
Indian Premier League franchise in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lucknow Super Giants, also known as LSG, are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is owned by Sanjiv Goenka of the RPSG Group. Ekana Cricket Stadium is its home ground. As of 2025, the team is coached by Justin Langer and captained by Rishabh Pant.
Since the first appearance in 2022, the team has reached the playoffs in two seasons (2022, 2023) and finished at 7th in points table in 2024 and 2025. Currently, LSG are the only active team to have never reached an IPL final. But teams like Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals have also never won the IPL, and they have been around for much longer.
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Franchise history
The Governing Council of the Indian Premier League issued an invitation to tender for two new sides in August 2021. First Gujarat Titans and the other Lucknow Super Giants. A total of 22 companies declared an interest, but with a high base price for the new teams, there were no more than six serious bidders. The Sanjiv Goenka-owned RPSG Group won the rights to operate the Lucknow franchise with a bid of ₹7,090 crore (equivalent to ₹80 billion or US$940 million in 2023).[1][2]
The team launched a competition to decide its name, with Lucknow Super Giants chosen in January 2022. South African franchise Durban's Super Giants[3] and also in the renaming of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club's footballing division to Mohun Bagan Super Giant.[4]
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At the February 2022 mega auction, the franchise purchased its first set of players. Notable players signed included KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Mark Wood and Marcus Stoinis. Later in the year, the franchise named Rahul as the captain of the team and former Zimbabwean cricketer Andy Flower as head coach.[5][6] Additionally, former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir was appointed as the team mentor.[7]
In the 2022 season, the franchise finished third in the group stage and qualified for the playoffs. They faced the fourth placed Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator match and were knocked out at that stage.[8] The 2023 season saw the side again finishing 3rd and losing the eliminator, this time to Mumbai Indians.
The Lucknow Super Giants became one of the 10 most popular cricket clubs from India. As of April 2025, the club had 5.1 million followers on social media. [9]
In 2024, the franchise finished 7th in the league stage winning 7 out of their 14 matches.
Ahead of mega auction, Lucknow Super Giants retained Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi and Mayank Yadav. Notable releases included their former captain KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Quinton de Kock and others. They bought the most expensive player, their new captain, Rishabh Pant for ₹27 crores in the auction. Zaheer Khan was appointed as the mentor.
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Seasons
Captains
Last updated: 4 April 2025 [10]
Statistics
Result summary
Season summary
Source- Cricbuzz[11]
Performance in IPL Knockouts
Head to Head Record
Last updated: 7 May 2025
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Home ground
The team's home ground is the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. During its first season, the team was unable to play any matches at the ground due to restrictions put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19 in India; all of the 2022 league stage matches were hosted in Maharashtra.[12] These restrictions were removed in 2023 and the side played on the ground during the season. Fans in Lucknow enjoy matches of LSG and dance over Bhojpuri songs
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Current Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- * denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
- * denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
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Administration and support staff
Super Giants family
- Durban's Super Giants
- Mohun Bagan Super Giant
- Manchester Originals (technically)
Notes
- The information in the nationality column is according to ESPNcricinfo. This information may not necessarily reflect the player's birthplace or citizenship.
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