Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) is one of the two new franchises that will be taking part in IPL this year. Lucknow was given a purse of INR 90 crore like the other teams to buy players. A privilege to pick three players for INR 33 crore was given to the new franchises. In the Pre-auction pick, Lucknow picked KL Rahul for INR 17 crore, Marcus Stoinis for INR 9.2 crore, and Ravi Bishnoi for INR 4 crore. KL Rahul was also announced as the captain of the side.
In the IPL Auction 2022 held on 12th and 13th February, Avesh Khan was the most expensive purchase of Lucknow. They bought Avesh Khan for a whopping INR 10 crore. The pacer became the most expensive uncapped player in the history of IPL after his transfer to LSG happened on the day 1 of Auction. Some other expensive buys for LSG were Quinton de Kock (INR 6.75 crore), Krunal Pandya (INR 8.25 crore), Jason Holder (INR 8.75 crore), and Mark wood (INR 7.5 crore).
Lucknow bought 21 players in the auction, including 14 Indians and seven overseas. Here’s the complete squad of Lucknow for the tournament:
Pre-auction buys:
KL Rahul: INR 17 Crore
Marcus Stoinis: INR 9.2 Crore
Ravi Bishnoi: INR 4 crore
Auction buys:
- Quinton de Kock: INR 6.75 crore
- Manish Pandey: INR 4.60 crore
- Manan Vohra: INR 20 lakh
- Evin Lewis: INR 2 crore
- Mark Wood: INR 7.5 crore
- Avesh Khan: INR 10 crore
- Ankit Rajpoot: INR 50 lakh
- Dushmantha Chameera: INR 2 crore
- Shahbaz Nadeem: INR 50 lakh
- Mohsin Khan: INR 20 lakh
- Mayank Yadav: INR 20 lakh
- Jason Holder: INR 8.75 crore
- Deepak Hooda: INR 5.75 crore
- Krunal Pandya: INR 8.25 crore
- K Gowtham: INR 90 lakh
- Ayush Badoni: INR 20 lakh
- Kyle Mayers: INR 50 lakh
- Karan Sharma: INR 20 lakh
