Lucknow Super Giants new team for IPL 2022

IPL 2022 mega festival heated day by day, The RP Sanjiv Goenka Group-owned franchise will be known as Lucknow Super Giants in the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League. Lucknow Super Giants new team for IPL 2022. The side will be captained by India international KL Rahul and coached by former Zimbabwe cricketer Andy Flower.

The franchise had organised a contest for the fans, and they came up with several options for the official name. Goenka revealed that Lucknow Super Giants was the most popular name suggested by the fans. Two new team announced their best 3 player list yesterday January 22. IPL 2022 mega auction will be help on 12 and 13 February in Bangalore.

After lots of talks two new franchise announced Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul captain for IPL 2022. With captain’s new franchise Lucknow and Ahmedabad choose 2 more player each. KL Rahul has been named as captain of the Lucknow franchise ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction. Marcus Stoinis and Ravi Bishnoi are the two other draft picks of the team.

This puts an end to several days of speculation after Punjab Kings have revealed while naming their retained players that Rahul had turned down the franchise’s offer to retain him. KL Rahul has been a run machine at the top of the order for Punjab since moving to the franchise but he could not lead the side to the knock-outs as captain. Rahul has been picked for Rs. 17 crores while Stoinis and Bishnoi have been signed for Rs. 9.2 crore and Rs. 4 crores, respectively.

Marcus Stoinis is a huge pick by the Lucknow team as he has been an integral part of Delhi Capitals side over the past few seasons. Newly-appointed Director of Cricket of the Ahmedabad franchise, Vikram Solanki, announced the three draft picks and their price bracket for the new season. While Hardik Pandya was roped in for Rs 15 crore, Afghanistan all-rounder Rashid Khan, who played for SunRisers Hyderabad, has also been drafted for Rs 15 crore.

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Former Kolkatta Knight Riders opener Shubman Gill was named as Ahmedabad’s third draft pick for Rs 8 crore. Ahmedabad draft picks for IPL 2022 Hardik Pandya (captain) Rs 15 crore, Rashid Khan Rs 15 crore, Shubman Gill Rs 8 crore, Purse remaining for IPL 2022 auction: Rs 52 crore. The IPL 2022 auction will be held on February 12 and 13. The 8 existing franchises announced a maximum of 4 retained players each last year as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) gave the 2 new franchise time until January last week to pick their 3 draft signings.