Lucknow will play its first match in IPL 2024 against Rajasthan Royals on March 24.
Cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the upcoming season of IPL. It is noteworthy that the 17th season of IPL is starting from March 22. For which all the 10 teams are seen finalizing their preparations. Let us tell you that IPL will start with the match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
So, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) team, which joined the tournament as two new teams in the year 2022, has also performed brilliantly. Due to its excellent performance, LSG has qualified for the playoffs for two consecutive seasons. However, the team has not yet been able to progress beyond the eliminator match.
On the other hand, in the upcoming season of IPL, the team will not only want to perform well and secure its place in the playoffs, but will also be eyeing winning the tournament for the first time. For this, along with the Indian players, the foreign players of the team will also have to play their best cricket.
So, let us know through this article about those five foreign players of LSG who can prove to be big match winners in the upcoming season-
5. Quinton de Kock
South Africa’s explosive wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock can prove to be a big match winner for Lucknow Super Giants in the upcoming season. De Kock comes in to open the innings with captain KL Rahul, and once he sets his sights on the crease, it takes no time for him to play a big and flamboyant innings.
If we talk about the overall performance of IPL, De Kock has scored a total of 2907 runs in 96 matches played at an excellent strike rate of 134.21. So in the last season of IPL, he scored a total of 143 runs in 4 matches at an average of 35.8.