DTVHINDIRishabh Pant becomes the highest earning Indian cricketer, surpasses Kohli-Rohit
Including IPL and BCCI’s central contract, Rishabh Pant’s total annual earnings have now reached Rs 30 crore. Virat Kohli & Rishabh Pant (Photo Source: Getty Images) Rishabh Pant was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction. He has become the most expensive player in IPL history. With this, the young wicketkeeper-batsman has become the highest earning Indian cricketer in a year. Rishabh has left behind players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Rishabh Pant will get more salary than Virat Kohli Rishabh Pant is a Grade-B player in BCCI Central Contract, he gets Rs 3 crore annually. Including IPL and BCCI’s central contract, Pant’s total annual earnings have now reached Rs 30 crore. Virat Kohli is a Grade-A+ player in BCCI Central Contract, he gets Rs 7 crore annually. At the same time, before the IPL 2025 mega auction, Royal Challengers Bangalore had retained Kohli for Rs 21 crore, his annual earning from cricket is now Rs 28 crore. Shreyas Iyer did not get a place in the list for this reason According to CNBCTV18, Shreyas Iyer could also be included in this list, who was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore in the mega auction. However, Shreyas does not have a BCCI central contract, due to which he is not in the list. Jadeja and Bumrah are also included in the list Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja are also included in the top-5 players earning more from IPL and BCCI central contracts. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah (25 crores) is third in the list, Ravindra Jadeja (25 crores) is fourth and Indian captain Rohit Sharma (23.30 crores) is fifth. Top-5 Indian players who earn the most by combining IPL salary and BCCI contract- player IPL salary BCCI Contract/Grade total earnings Rishabh Pant 27 crores 3 Crore/ Grade B INR 30 Crore Virat Kohli 21 crores 7 Crore/ Grade A+ INR 28 Crore Jasprit Bumrah 18 crores 7 Crore/ Grade A+ INR 25 Crore Ravindra Jadeja 18 crores 7 Crore/ Grade A+ INR 25 Crore Rohit Sharma 16.30 crores 7 Crore/ Grade A+ INR 23.30 crore
After parting ways with LSG, KL Rahul said a special message to the team and fans – ‘Thank you’
In the mega auction of Indian Premier League 2025, KL Rahul was included in their team by Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore. KL Rahul (Pic Source-X) Indian team’s best player KL Rahul today i.e. on 27th November thanked his old IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants and their fans in a special way. Let us tell you that recently the mega auction of Indian Premier League 2025 was organized. In this mega auction, KL Rahul was included in their team by Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore. Earlier, Rahul has been seen playing for Lucknow Super Giants and he has performed very well for this franchise. Under the captaincy of KL Rahul in the Indian Premier League, the performance of the Lucknow team was very poor and they could not make their place in the playoffs of this important tournament. After the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, KL Rahul and Lucknow franchise owner Sanjiv Goenka were seen having a serious conversation about something. Sanjiv Goenka was not happy with the captaincy of KL Rahul and that is why he released the Indian player before the upcoming season. KL Rahul scored 520 runs in 14 matches for Lucknow Super Giants in the 2024 season at a strike rate above 136, while in the 2023 season, he scored 274 runs in 9 matches at an average of 34.25 for the same franchise. Rahul’s performance in IPL 2022 was tremendous for Lucknow and he scored 616 runs in 15 matches at an average of 51.33 and strike rate of 135.38. KL Rahul shared his picture on his official social media account and wrote on its caption, ‘I am thankful to the coach, teammates and fans who made this journey of Lucknow Super Giants memorable. Thanks everyone for the memories, trust and strength. For a new beginning. Here is KL Rahul’s tweet: Grateful to the coaches, teammates and the fans who made this journey with LSG unforgettable. Thank you for the trust, memories, energy and unwavering support. Here’s to new beginnings! pic.twitter.com/Vz5XFeDjwV — KL Rahul (@klrahul) November 27, 2024 In IPL 2025, KL Rahul can be seen performing tremendously for the Delhi team. Let us tell you that this excellent player has a lot of experience of playing in the Indian Premier League. Delhi team will also be very happy that Rahul’s experience can prove to be very useful for them. Indian players are currently participating in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. In the first test match played between these two teams, Rahul batted very well and many people praised his innings. IPL 2025: Know the names of the captains of all 10 franchises- IPL 2025: Most expensive Indian players sold in the auction IPL 2025: Top 5 big players who remained unsold in the auction Rishabh Pant becomes the most expensive player in IPL history The bowler who bowled the most dot balls in IPL history- Batsman who has hit most Test sixes in a calendar year- Virat Kohli made this shameful record in his name in 2024 List of batsmen who scored…
IPL 2025: LSG’s batting lineup is very strong but the bowlers will have to perform brilliantly, know about the possible playing XI of the franchise here.
Rishabh Pant has been bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore. Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Lucknow Super Giants (Image Credit- Twitter) Lucknow Super Giants team is all set for the Indian Premier League 2025. The performance of the Lucknow team was very poor in IPL 2024 and the team could not secure its place in the playoffs. This is the reason why KL Rahul was released by the Lucknow franchise before the upcoming season and Rishabh Pant has entered the team in his place. Rishabh Pant has been bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore. Not only this, Lucknow franchise also included David Miller in their team while they retained Nicholas Pooran. At present, the question arising in the minds of all the fans is that what will be the playing XI of Lucknow Super Giants in the upcoming season? With this, today we tell you the probable playing XI of the first match of IPL 2025 of Lucknow Super Giants. Opener: Ayush Badoni and Aidan Markram Ayush Badoni (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Young player Ayush Badoni has performed very well for Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL so far and that is why the franchise retained him before the upcoming season. This young player can be seen batting explosively in the upcoming season also. Ayush has always been seen batting as a finisher in the IPL but now the Lucknow franchise would like to give him a new role in the upcoming season. Aidan Markram can be seen playing with Ayush Badoni in the top order. Aiden Markram also has a lot of experience in IPL and has batted well in international cricket as well. This new pairing may be liked by many fans. Middle order: Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, David Miller, Abdul Samad Rishabh Pant (Image Credit- Twitter X) The middle order of Lucknow Super Giants looks the strongest in IPL 2025. The team has Mitchell Marsh who can change the course of the match at any time by batting aggressively. Apart from this, Lucknow Super Giants have also included Rishabh Pant in their team, who can be seen in the role of captaincy along with batting and wicket-keeping. Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran and David Miller, all three batsmen can be seen performing brilliantly in the upcoming season. All cricket fans know very well that if these three players get set in a match, then they can completely devastate the bowling lineup of the opposing team. Rishabh Pant will also be very happy with the fact that Puran and David Miller are there in the team and also the brilliant player Abdul Samad can also be included in the playing 11, who has also performed tremendously in this tournament so far. Allrounder: Shahbaz Ahmed Shahbaz Ahmed (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) Lucknow Super Giants have Shahbaz Ahmed and Mitchell Marsh as all-rounders. Talking about Shahbaz Ahmed, he has performed brilliantly with batting as well as bowling for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL. However, in the upcoming season, he can be seen performing brilliantly…
‘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.
