Delhi: IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) can announce its new captain before the 2025 season. There will be a press conference at the RPSG headquarters in Kolkata on Monday, but it has not been decided yet what will be discussed in the press conference. LSG chief Sanjeev Goenka is likely to participate in this.
Lucknow was out of playoff in 2024
After reaching the playoffs in IPL 2022 and 2023, Lucknow missed the playoffs for the first time in 2024 and finished seventh in the points table. Last year was not special for Lucknow due to which they have made changes in the team.
Press conference will be held on Monday
According to reports, either the new captain can be announced in the press conference or the new jersey can be unveiled. Some players of the team may also be involved in this. There are also reports that Pant may get the captaincy, but according to some reports, Nicholas Pooran can also be a contender for the captaincy.
🚨LSG CAPTAIN ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
– DR. Sanjiv Goenka attend a Press Conference on 20 Jan for Announced a LSG Captain at Kolkata. (Debasis Sen) pic.twitter.com/j0v2FJLXHy
— Vikas Yadav (@VikasYadav66200) January 18, 2025
LSG bought for 27 crores
Last year at the IPL mega auction in Jeddah, Lucknow bought India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant for Rs 27 crore, becoming the most expensive player sold in the IPL auction so far. Lucknow can make Pant its new captain.
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