Rishabh Pant will lead Lucknow Supergiants in IPL 2025. The 27-year-old Indian wicketkeeper-batsman was appointed the captain of LSG by franchise owner Sanjiv Goenka on Monday, January 20. In the mega auction, Pant was bought by the Lucknow-based franchise for Rs 27 crore. Pant has been the captain of Delhi Capitals before also. He captained Delhi Capitals in IPL 2021, 2022 and 2024.
Pant will be the fourth player to captain LSG in the IPL. Before him, KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya and Nicholas Pooran had captained LSG. While announcing Pant’s appointment as captain, Goenka also gave the reason for expressing confidence in him. He said that Pant is a great leader. He can become the best captain of IPL.
LSG Honor Sanjeev Goenka gave a big statement regarding Rishabh Pant
Goenka, who appeared on the program with Rishabh Pant on Star Sports, said that ever since Delhi Capitals (DC) released Pant, he had his eye on the wicketkeeper. He said that he wanted to include Pant in his team at any cost. Delhi had shown interest in Pant in the auction but Lucknow did not give up till the end.
Goenka said, “I see a born leader in Rishabh Pant. In my view, he will probably be the best IPL captain ever.” Goenka has also made a big prediction.
Honor of LSG said, “Right now people mention only Mahi and Rohit in the list of most successful captains of IPL, but keep it in writing that after 10-12 years, Mahi, Rohit and Rishabh Pant will be in the list.” MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma are jointly the most successful captains of IPL. Under the captaincy of Dhoni, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won five trophies and under the captaincy of Rohit, Mumbai Indians (MI) won five trophies each.