DTVHINDI‘Wanted such players who have the mentality to win’, Sanjiv Goenka vented out his anger after the release of KL Rahul.
LSG has retained Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan. Sanjiv Goenka on KL Rahul Sanjiv Goenka on KL Rahul Released from LSG : After the announcement of the retained players for IPL 2025, it has now been officially revealed that KL Rahul is not a part of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). The franchise has released its captain. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have retained Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan. Let us tell you that after the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad during IPL 2024, there was a heated argument between captain KL Rahul and LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka. The video of this entire incident had also gone viral on social media. However, later clarification came from Goenka and Rahul, but by then there was a lot of hue and cry in the cricket world about this. Since then, there were discussions that Lucknow franchise could show KL Rahul a way out of the team or Rahul himself would leave the franchise. Now on Thursday 31st October, it has been officially confirmed that KL Rahul has been released by LSG. What did Sanjeev Goenka say on the release of KL Rahul from LSG? Now, as soon as LSG announced its retained players, team owner Sanjiv Goenka has targeted KL Rahul. In a video message broadcast on Star Sports, Sanjiv Goenka explained the reason behind retaining Puran, Bishnoi, Badoni, Mohsin and Mayank. Sanjiv Goenka said, “It was a simple idea to go in with players who have a winning mentality. To have those who put the team first before their personal goals and individual aspirations. “And we wanted to keep as much of the core intact as possible.”
IPL 2025, LSG Retained & Released Players: Complete list of retained and released players of Lucknow Super Giants-
Check out the list of LSG retained and released players- Lucknow Super Giants (Photo Source: Getty Images) IPL 2025: LSG Retained and Released Players List: The last season of IPL was very disappointing for Lucknow Super Giants. After making it to the playoffs in the first two consecutive seasons, the team finished seventh in the points table last season. There were continuous reports in the media reports that Lucknow KL can release Rahul and Rahul himself does not want to be a part of the franchise. Today when Lucknow Super Giants released the retention list, the fans were not surprised at all. The franchise has retained Nicholas Pooran (21 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (11 crore), Mayank Yadav (11 crore), Mohsin Khan (4 crore) and Ayush Badoni. Players like KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock and Deepak Hooda have been released. If reports are to be believed, KL Rahul has decided to leave Lucknow due to personal and professional reasons. IPL 2025: LSG Retained Players (List of Lucknow Super Giants Retained Players)- player Roll Price nicholas puran batsman 21 crores Mayank Yadav bowler 11 crores Ravi Bishnoi bowler 11 crores Mohsin Khan bowler 4 crores Ayush Badoni batsman 4 crores IPL 2025: LSG Released Players (Lucknow Super Giants Released Players List)- player Roll KL Rahul wicketkeeper-batsman Deepak Hooda allrounder Krunal Pandya allrounder Yudhveer Singh allrounder Prerak Mankad allrounder Yash Thakur bowler Amit Mishra bowler quinton de kock wicketkeeper-batsman kyle meyers allrounder marcus stoinis allrounder Naveen Ul Haq bowler Krishnappa Gautam bowler mark wood bowler Devdutt Padikkal batsman Shivam Mavi bowler Arshin Kulkarni allrounder M Siddhartha bowler ashton turner batsman david wiley allrounder Mohammad Arshad Khan bowler LSG Remaining Purse Ahead of IPL 2025 Mega Auction (Lucknow Super Giants’ purse before Mega Auction)- 69 crores
KL Rahul left LSG..! These franchises including RCB and CSK want to join the team
According to media reports, KL Rahul has decided to leave Lucknow Super Giants due to personal and professional reasons. Kl Rahul (Photo Source: IPL franchises have to submit the list of their retained players by the evening of October 31, 2024. Meanwhile, Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul has decided to leave the franchise. Lucknow started its journey from the IPL 2022 season, under the captaincy of KL Rahul, he took the team to the playoffs in the first two seasons. But the last season was very disappointing for the franchise, the team finished seventh in the points table. For this reason KL Rahul left Lucknow According to media reports, KL Rahul has decided to leave Lucknow Super Giants due to personal and professional reasons. Let us tell you, after the defeat in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad last season, there was a heated argument on the field between Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjeev Goenka and KL Rahul. However, in August this year, Rahul came to Kolkata to meet Sanjeev Goenka, after which it seemed that everything was fine between the two. The LSG owner had also described the cricketer as a part of his family. Let us tell you, before the IPL 2022 mega auction, the franchise had included Rahul in the team for a hefty sum of Rs 17 crore. According to the Times of India report, a source said, LSG was ready to offer Rahul the top retention bracket, but Rahul decided to move on due to personal and professional reasons. At present, there are four franchises that have expressed their interest in him – Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Titans, Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings. Talking about KL Rahul’s IPL career, he has scored 4,683 runs in 132 matches at an average of 45.47 and strike rate of 134.61. He has scored 4 centuries and 37 half-centuries so far. His highest score in IPL is 132, which he made against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2020.
IPL 2025: KL Rahul’s fans may get a big shock, LSG can use the Right to Match card for this strong all-rounder.
Under the captaincy of KL Rahul, the performance of Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League 2024 was very poor. KL Rahul (Photo Source: Getty Images) All Indian fans are eagerly waiting for the Indian Premier League 2025 tournament. Many great players will be auctioned in the mega auction of this important tournament. All franchises will also have to announce the list of their retained and released players as soon as possible. All the fans will also have their eyes on the retained players of Lucknow Super Giants. For quite some time now, reports have been coming out that Lucknow Super Giants franchise may release KL Rahul before the upcoming season. In fact, under the captaincy of KL Rahul, the performance of Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League 2024 was very poor. The team could not secure its place in the playoffs of the 2024 season. However, Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjeev Goenka has confirmed that Rahul will be retained. According to the report of NDTV Sports, Lucknow Super Giants is looking to use the Right to Match card in the auction but Rahul’s name is not in this list. The report believes that the Right to Match card can be used for Australia’s lethal all-rounder Marcus Stoinis. KL Rahul expressed his desire to play in the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in the IPL 2025 season. Let us tell you that, KL Rahul is with Lucknow Super Giants since the 2022 season. Under his captaincy, the team had secured its place in the playoffs for the 2022 and 2023 seasons. However, due to the disappointing performance in 2024, Sanjeev Goenka and Rahul were seen having a serious conversation about something. Many fans also believed that Royal Challengers Bangalore can include Rahul in their team in the 2025 season. Let us tell you, KL Rahul has played for Royal Challengers Bangalore team in 2013 and 2016 seasons. According to the report, if KL Rahul’s name is also included in the IPL 2025 auction, then the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise can make a big bid on him and include him in their team. The Indian captain who lost the most test matches at home- List of teams that have won the most matches away from home in WTC- Players who have won “Player of the Tournament” in every edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup- List of batsmen who have hit most sixes in Test cricket- Players who have been out for a duck most times in international cricket (active) Take a look at India’s lowest total in Test cricket- Players who have won Player of the Match the most number of times in Tests- Which Indian batsman has the highest average in Tests against New Zealand? Fastest bowler to take 50 T20I wickets for India Take a look at the performance of Team India in every edition of Women’s T20 World Cup-
“He has done a good job as captain of LSG…”, said Jonty Rhodes about KL Rahul
The way he leads the team and the kind of setup and approach he has is fantastic – Jonty Rhodes KL Rahul & Jonty Rhodes (Photo Source: Under the captaincy of KL Rahul, Lucknow Super Giants performed brilliantly in the first two seasons and made it to the playoffs. But the performance of the franchise in IPL 2024 was disappointing, the team finished seventh with seven wins in 14 matches, 14 points. Before the IPL 2025 auction, there are reports that the franchise may release KL Rahul. Let us tell you, last season, after the defeat in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, there was a tussle between owner Sanjeev Goenka and Rahul on the field. However, Sanjeev Goenka has dismissed all speculations and called KL Rahul an integral part of the team and his family. Meanwhile, LSG fielding coach Jonty Rhodes has made a big statement praising Rahul’s captaincy and approach. Jonty Rhodes said a big thing about KL Rahul’s captaincy Jonty Rhodes, while speaking on India Today, said, I think if you look at the record as a captain of a new franchise, reaching the playoffs every time, as he has done. That is something that means a lot to his captaincy. The way he leads the team and the kind of setup and his approach is fantastic. Speaking further, Jonty Rhodes said, Look at Rohit and Dhoni’s record as captains, the trophies they have won and the consistency they have shown to win trophies. From LSG’s point of view, reaching the final, winning the trophy, it can be just one thing. Mumbai Indians are one of the most successful IPL franchises with five titles, but the team had to struggle for many years to win the first title. The franchise won the first title in 2013. Jonty Rhodes believes that Lucknow Super Giants are also struggling just like Mumbai right now.
During the LSG press conference, Sanjiv Goenka and Zaheer Khan discussed these three important things
Lucknow Super Giants had a very poor performance in IPL 2024 and the team could not secure its place in the playoffs of this season. Zaheer Khan (Pic Source-X) The Lucknow Super Giants franchise organized a press conference on August 28 in which team owner Sanjiv Goenka and new mentor Zaheer Khan were present. During the interaction with the media, both of them made big revelations about the performance of the franchise and the upcoming mega auction. Let us tell you, the performance of Lucknow Super Giants was very poor in IPL 2024 and the team could not secure its place in the playoffs of this season. Not only this, the performance of the players of the team was very good in the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Now Zaheer Khan will be seen playing an important role in the upcoming season. Along with this, let us tell you about three important points of the franchise’s press conference. 1- Zaheer Khan praises impact player rule The impact player rule has been implemented for franchises in the Indian Premier League. Some players have not liked this rule at all while others have praised it. In the press conference of Lucknow Super Giants, Zaheer Khan said, ‘This will give opportunities to many uncapped players. In the mega auction, you will see that the franchise is adding talented uncapped players to their team. Not only this, Indian cricket will also benefit a lot from this. Young players will also be seen leaving their mark. As far as all-rounders are concerned, at present there is absolutely no place for half all-rounders and the main reason behind this is the impact sub rule. But if you are a great all-rounder then no one can stop you.
Is LSG going to spend 50 crores for Rohit? Know what team owner Sanjiv Goenka said
Sanjiv Goenka. (Photo by Indranil Bhoumik//Mint via Getty Images) Rohit Sharma was removed from the captaincy of Mumbai Indians before the last IPL season and Hardik Pandya was appointed as the new captain of the team in his place. After this decision of the franchise, the fans of this team were also seen very angry. After this, there was speculation on social media that Rohit might leave Mumbai Indians before IPL 2025. Meanwhile, news also came that Lucknow has saved Rs 50 crore to buy Rohit. Now a big statement has come from LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka regarding these rumours. Recently, during an interview on Sports Tak, Sanjiv Goenka was asked whether it is true that he has kept a purse of Rs 50 crore for himself to buy Rohit. Sanjiv Goenka believes that any team will benefit from a player like Rohit Sharma, but it would not be right to spend such a huge amount on him. Sanjeev Goenka gave a big statement on buying Rohit Sharma Sanjeev Goenka said that “Nobody knows whether Rohit Sharma is participating in the auction or not? It depends on whether Mumbai Indians will release Rohit. Still, if Rohit participates in the auction and if you spend 50 percent of the purse amount on him, then how will you be able to buy other players. Everyone wants a good player and captain. It depends on what you have and what you can do with it?” Let us tell you that before IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Giants has appointed former Indian veteran fast bowler Zaheer Khan as the new mentor of the team. Earlier Gautam Gambhir was the mentor of LSG but last season Gambhir joined his old team Kolkata Knight Riders. Now Zaheer Khan will be seen in this new role.
“He is like family…”, said Sanjiv Goenka on KL Rahul’s future in LSG
KL Rahul has been an important part of the Super Giants family. He has been there since the beginning – Sanjiv Goenka Sanjeev Goenka & KL Rahul (Photo Source: Lucknow Super Giants’ performance in IPL 2024 under the captaincy of KL Rahul was disappointing. During the season, there was a lot of commotion and tension between owner Sanjiv Goenka and captain KL Rahul. Ahead of the upcoming IPL 2025 auction, there are reports that LSG may release Rahul. Also, his former franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore may show interest in buying him. Let us tell you, before the IPL 2022 mega auction, Lucknow Super Giants bought Rahul for Rs 17 crore. Amidst speculations of KL Rahul’s retention, LSG owner Sanjeev Goenka has made a big statement. Goenka says that Rahul is an integral part of the team and he is like family to him. KL Rahul has been an important part of the Super Giants family- Sanjiv Goenka Amidst the news of KL Rahul’s release from LSG, Sanjeev Goenka recently invited KL Rahul to dinner in Kolkata, the pictures of which are going viral on social media. Speaking at a recent press conference, Goenka said, I am surprised that this meeting is getting so much attention. As I said earlier, we have not considered retention until the BCCI makes a rule. All I can say is that KL has been an important part of the Super Giants family. He has been there from the beginning, has played a very important role. For me personally, he is like family and will remain family. Sanjeev Goenka further talked about IPL retention, he said that there is enough time and a decision has to be taken carefully as the future of the team depends on it. We have the entire time of September, October and November to take a decision. We should wait for the retention policy to come. We have not even thought about the future team, whether the retention will be three-four-five or six, we do not know. Let’s see, there is enough time, whatever decision we take today will have an impact on the future, so a decision has to be taken after a lot of thought and consideration.
SM Trends: Know about the best tweets of 28 August which are going viral very fast
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah has been given the responsibility of the top post of the International Cricket Council (ICC). He will take over as the next chairman in December. Social Media Trends Of 28 August Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah has been given the responsibility of the top post of the International Cricket Council (ICC). He will take over as the next chairman in December. The ICC announced on Tuesday that he is the only nominee for this high-profile post, that is, Jay Shah has been elected to this post without any opposition. Indian Premier League franchise Lucknow Super Giants has appointed former India fast bowler Zaheer Khan as the mentor of their team for the upcoming season. Lucknow Super Giants’ performance was very poor in IPL 2024 and the team could not qualify for the playoffs. However, now in the upcoming season, the Lucknow team will look to perform well under the mentorship of Zaheer Khan. England’s legendary opening batsman David Malan has announced his retirement from international cricket today i.e. on 28 August. David Malan is considered one of the best batsmen in the world and he has also been one of the important players of England. Congratulations to BCCI Honorary Secretary Mr. Jay Shah for being elected unopposed as the next Independent Chair of the International Cricket Council.@JayShah pic.twitter.com/sKZw4mdRvi — BCCI (@BCCI) August 27, 2024 Heartiest Congratulations @JayShah — Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) August 28, 2024 Being enthusiastic and having the drive to do something good for cricket are essential qualities for a cricket administrator. @JayShah displayed these traits wonderfully during his stint as @BCCI secretary. His endeavors towards prioritizing both women’s cricket and men’s… — Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 28, 2024 All the best in your new role @jayshah brother. May it be a successful and exciting chapter for you. — Ravindra Singh Jadeja (@imjadeja) August 28, 2024 Congratulations to @JayShah on taking over as the ICC chairman.👏👏 Pls do watch the full episode out tonight. @prasannalara pic.twitter.com/GpH7KQng3m — Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) August 28, 2024 Many congratulations @JayShah on becoming the youngest ICC chairman. Best wishes 🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/Jx4NFNNMMf — Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 28, 2024 Dawid Malan has announced his retirement from international cricket An incredible player and person. Thanks for the memories, @dmalan29 pic.twitter.com/Sk7NmcjBLU — England’s Barmy Army August 28, 2024 Sri Lanka star Kamindu Mendis reflects on his journey after a stellar start to his Test career 💬#WTC25 , #ENGvSL | Read on 👇 — ICC (@ICC) August 28, 2024 With the men’s win as motivation, Harmanpreet Kaur and India’s Women team are on a mission for their own #T20WorldCup glory 🏆 Read on 👇 — ICC (@ICC) August 28, 2024 Zaheer, you are in the heart of Lucknow since long 🇮🇳💙 pic.twitter.com/S5S3YHUSX0 — Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) August 28, 2024 Welcome to the Super Giants family, Zak! pic.twitter.com/0tIW6jl3c1 — Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) August 28, 2024 Harbhajan Singh’s heartfelt birthday wish for Lasith Malinga 🙏🏻#HarbhajanSingh #HappyBirthday #LasithMalinga #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/PnOJ6nX20Y —…
Zaheer Khan will enter this team before IPL 2025, may get big responsibility
Earlier, Zaheer Khan was associated with Mumbai Indians. Zaheer Khan. (Photo Source: Twitter) Former Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan is all set to take over as the mentor of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) ahead of IPL 2025, although the franchise is yet to make an official announcement. It is not yet clear whether Zaheer Khan will play the role of bowling coach of LSG. Morne Morkel has left the Lucknow team to join the coaching staff of the Indian team. In such a situation, Zaheer can also be seen in the role of bowling coach. Earlier, Zaheer Khan has been involved in different roles with different IPL franchises over the years. He contributed as a player in this league for 10 seasons from 2008-2017. In his last edition, Zaheer also captained Delhi Daredevils. He remained the Director of Cricket and Head of Global Development of Mumbai Indians from 2018-2022. LSG franchise is ready to give a big role to Zaheer Khan According to a report in ESPN Cricinfo, LSG is keen to give the former Indian cricketer (Zaheer Khan) a bigger role, including scouting and player development. The Super Giants have already roped in a star-studded coaching panel ahead of the 2024 edition, with Justin Langer as coach and Lance Klusener and Adam Voges as assistant coaches. LSG’s coaching set-up is currently headed by Justin Langer, who will continue in the role after taking over from Andy Flower as head coach ahead of IPL 2024. Lance Klusener and Adam Voges will be the assistant coaches of the team. After securing playoff berths in their first two seasons, the KL Rahul-led side fell short on net run rate to make it to the top four in 2024.
