Lucknow Super Giants released Manish Pandey, Jason Holder for IPL 2023

The 10 Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises have to announce their Retention List to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ahead of the IPL 2023 mini auction of December 23 in Kochi. Lucknow Super Giants released Manish Pandey, Jason Holder for IPL 2023.

Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) mini-auction scheduled for December 23, Lucknow Super giants (LSG) have released West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder. The franchise has freed up INR 8.75 crore for the auction. Lucknow Super Giants reached the final of the previous edition of IPL, but lost to the ultimate champions Gujarat Titans (GT) in a very close contest.

The critics heaped praises on the KL Rahul-led team for their exemplary performance.  But on November 15, Lucknow Super Giants released the all-rounder, who played a key role for the Supergiants in the tournament’s last edition. He picked up 14 wickets.

Apart from Holder, Lucknow Super Giants also released Aussie pacer Andrew Tye, Indian seamer Ankit Rajpoot, Sri Lanka quick Dushmantha Chameera, and West Indies batter Evin Lewis. Indian batter Manish Pandey and left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem were also released.

Lucknow Super giants have retained players including, skipper KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, and Ravi Bishnoi. As they have released eight players and for the IPL mini-auction next month, the team will have a spending purse of INR 23.35 crores. LSG will now try to fill four overseas positions.

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LSG’s Players released: Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, Shahbaz Nadeem

Current squad: KL Rahul (capt), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi

Purse remaining: INR 23.35 crore

Overseas slots remaining: 4