Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have announced Rishabh Pant as the captain of the franchise on Monday ahead of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Rishabh Pant, who was released by Delhi Capitals, was bought by LSG for a whopping ₹27 crore at the IPL 2025 mega auction that took place in Saudi Arabia last year. In the process, Rishabh Pant became the costliest player in the history of the cash-rich league.
“It feels amazing,” was Rishabh Pant’s first reaction after being named LSG skipper. Ahead of the IPL 2025 auction, LSG retained five players – Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan.
Since their debut in IPL, LSG qualified for the playoffs in 2022 and 2023 before falling out out of the top four in 2024. Rishabh Pant, thus replaced KL Rahul, who led LSG in the first three seasons. Notably, KL Rahul went to Delhi Capitals, which was Rishabh Pant’s previous team.
