Lucknow Super Giants squad for IPL 2023
While Gujarat Titans won it all in their first season in the IPL, Lucknow Super Giants had a great debut campaign as well. They managed to make the playoffs in their very first attempt and were narrowly edged out by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator to bring down the curtains.
IPL 2023 LSG Team Player List
- KL Rahul- ā¹17 crore
- Quinton De Kock - ā¹6.75 crore
- Manan Vohra - ā¹20 lakh
- Ayush Badoni- ā¹20 lakh
- Marcus Stoinis- ā¹9.2 crore
- Deepak Hooda- ā¹5.75 crore
- Krunal Pandya- ā¹8.25 crore
- Kyle Myers- ā¹50 lakh
- Karan Sharma- ā¹20 lakh
- Ravi Bishnoi- ā¹4 crore
- Mark Wood- ā¹7.5 crore
- Avesh Khan- ā¹10 crore
- K Gowtham- ā¹90 lakh
- Mohsin Khan- ā¹20 lakh
- Mayank Yadav- ā¹20 lakh
- Nicholas Pooran - ā¹16 crores
- Jaydev Unadkat - ā¹50 lakhs
- Yash Thakur - ā¹45 Lakhs
- Romario Shepherd - ā¹50 Lakhs
- Daniel Sams -Ā ā¹75 Lakhs
- Amit Mishra - ā¹50 lakhs,
- Prerak Mankad ā¹20 Lakhs,
- Swapnil Singh ā¹20 Lakhs,
- Naveen-ul-haq ā¹50 lakhs,
- Yudhvir Charak ā¹20 lakhs
LSG assembled a squad good enough to compete in their first very first auction - something experienced team struggle with every single year. They have retained a majority of those players as well with the likes of KL Rahul, Quinton De Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, and Krunal Pandya still with the team. Ayush Badoni was a revelation last season and with Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan and Mohsin Khan, their bowling unit seems to have enough in it as well. The biggest āsigningā for them, however, will be Mark Wood, who missed last season with an injury but was retained this year nonetheless.Ā
Despite all this star power at their disposal, Lucknow Super Giants will enter the auction with a decent purse of 23.35 crore. A major reason for this was their decision to part ways with Jason HolderĀ who was a 8.75 crore cap hit for them last season. Having also sent Manish Pandey (4.60 cr) and Evin Lewis (2 cr) back to the auction, they have given themselves a good chance of landing one of the major names available in the auction this year. Another batsman in their ranks will do them no harm and if they can find a death over specialist, they are in with a real shout for the 2023 IPL season.
LSG wanted a left-handed middle-order batter, and they got Nicholas Pooran for ā¹16 crores to make that happen. The team also added left-arm seamer Jaydev Unadkat to the team at a price of ā¹50 lakhs. LSG have also added Vidarbha pacer Yash Thakur to their squad at a price of ā¹45 Lakhs. Further, to replace their last edition's star all-rounder Jason Holder, they paid only ā¹50 Lakhs forĀ Romario Shepherd and ā¹75 Lakhs for Dan Sams.Ā Amit Mishra, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Naveen-ul-haq, and Yudhvir Charak were their remaining signings.