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The Lucknow Super Giants, also known as LSG, are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is owned by RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group. Ekana Cricket Stadium is its home ground. As of 2026, the team is coached by Justin Langer.
Since the first appearance in 2022, the team has reached the playoffs in two seasons (2022, 2023) and finished at 7th in points table in 2024 and 2025. Currently, LSG are the only active team to have never reached an IPL final.
Franchise history The Governing Council of the Indian Premier League issued an invitation to tender for two new teams in August 2021. First Gujarat Titans and the other Lucknow Super Giants. A total of 22 companies declared an interest, but with a high base price for the new teams, there were no more than six serious bidders. The Sanjiv Goenka-owned RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group won the rights to operate the Lucknow franchise with a bid of .
The team launched a competition to decide its name, with Lucknow Super Giants chosen in January 2022. South African franchise Durban's Super Giants and also in the renaming of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club's footballing division to Mohun Bagan Super Giant.
Team history
At the February 2022 mega auction, the franchise purchased its first set of players. Notable players signed included KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Mark Wood and Marcus Stoinis. Later in the year, the franchise named Rahul as the captain of the team and former Zimbabwean cricketer Andy Flower as head coach. Additionally, former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir was appointed as the team mentor.
In the 2022 season, the franchise finished third in the group stage and qualified for the playoffs. They faced the fourth placed Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator match and were knocked out at that stage. The 2023 season saw the team again finishing 3rd and losing the eliminator, this time to Mumbai Indians.
The Lucknow Super Giants became one of the 10 most popular cricket clubs from India. As of April 2025, the club had 5.1 million followers on social media.
In 2024, the franchise finished 7th in the league stage winning 7 out of their 14 matches.
Ahead of mega auction, Lucknow Super Giants retained Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi and Mayank Yadav. Notable releases included their former captain KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Quinton de Kock and others. They bought the most expensive player, their new captain, Rishabh Pant for ₹27 crores in the auction. Zaheer Khan was appointed as the mentor.
On February 24, 2026, the Lucknow Super Giants officially presented a new logo for the franchise ahead of the 2026 IPL season. The redesigned emblem contains three powerful symbols in one logo featuring the demigod Garuda, a crown, and an elephant, symbolizing courage, honor, and strength to mark a new and bigger era for the franchise.
Seasons SeasonLeague standingFinal standing20223rd out of 10Playoffs2023 3rd out of 10Playoffs2024 7th out of 10 League stage2025 7th out of 10 League stage2026 10th out of 10 League stage
Captains
Last updated: 11 April 2026
Player Nationality FromTo Matches Won Lost Tied NR Win%Best Result 20222024 37 20 17 0 0 54.05Playoffs (2022, 2023) 20232023 63 2 0 1 50Stand-In 20242024 1 1 0 0 0 100Stand-In 20252026 17 8 9 0 0 47.05 -
Statistics
SeasonMost runsMost wickets2022KL Rahul (616)Avesh Khan (18)2023Marcus Stoinis (408)Ravi Bishnoi (16)2024KL Rahul (520)Naveen-ul-Haq (14)2025Mitchell Marsh (627)Shardul Thakur (13)
Result summary
Season summary SeasonRoundTable StandingMatches PlayedWonLostNRWin%2022Playoffs3rd1596060.002023Playoffs3rd1586153.332024League7th1477050.002025League7th1468042.86Total 58 30 27 1 51.72
Source- Cricbuzz
Performance in IPL Knockouts Played WonLostWin% 2 0 200.00
Head to Head Record Opponent TeamMatches PlayedMatches WonMatches LostNo ResultSuccess Rate (in %)Chennai Super Kings733150.00Delhi Capitals734042.90Gujarat Titans734042.86Kolkata Knight Riders642066.67Mumbai Indians862075.00Punjab Kings633050.00Rajasthan Royals624033.33Royal Challengers Bengaluru835037.5Sunrisers Hyderabad642066.66
Last updated: 31 Dec 2025
Home ground
The team's home ground is the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. During its first season, the team was unable to play any matches at the ground due to restrictions put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19 in India; all of the 2022 league stage matches were hosted in Maharashtra. These restrictions were removed in 2023 and the team played on the ground during the season.
Current squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection. denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes Batters 94 Aiden Markram Right-handed Right-arm off break 2025 Captain Overseas 69 Himmat Singh Right-handed Right-arm off break 2025 45 Akshat Raghuwanshi Right-handed Right-arm off break 2026 Wicket-keepers 95 Josh Inglis Right-handed 2026 Overseas 29 Nicholas Pooran Left-handed 2023 Vice-Captain; Overseas 18 Matthew Breetzke Right-handed Right-arm medium 2025 Overseas 25 Mukul Choudhary Right-handed 2026 All-rounders 8 Mitchell Marsh Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2025 Overseas 21 Shahbaz Ahmed Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2025 49 Wanindu Hasaranga Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2026 Overseas 24 Arjun Tendulkar Left-handed Left-arm medium 2026 3 Ayush Badoni Right-handed Right-arm off break 2022 1 Abdul Samad Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2025 33 Arshin Kulkarni Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2024 Pace bowlers 11 Mohammed Shami Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2026 20 Anrich Nortje Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2026 Overseas 6 Avesh Khan Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2025 23 Mohsin Khan Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2022 25 Prince Yadav Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2025 72 Akash Singh Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2025 44 Mayank Yadav Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2022 36 Naman Tiwari Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2026 Spin bowlers 30 Manimaran Siddharth Right-handed Left-arm orthodox 2024 74 Digvesh Rathi Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2025 - Kuldeep Yadav Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox 2027 Source: LSG Squad
Administration and support staff Position Name Director Of Cricket Tom Moody Head coach Justin Langer Strategic Advisor Kane Williamson Assistant Coach Lance Klusener Batting Coach Jayakumar Govindamenon Spin Bowling Coach Carl Crowe Fast Bowling Coach Bharat Arun Fielding & Wicket Keeping Coach Abhay Sharma Assistant Fielding Coach Ryan Cook Source: LSG Staff
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors PeriodKit supplierShirt sponsor (front)Shirt sponsor (back)2022–2023T10 SportsMy11CircleDarwin Platform2023–2024AlcisShyam Steel2024–2025SIX5SIXBKT2025–2026 UYPDream112026–presentJK Super Cement
Super Giants family
Durban's Super Giants Mohun Bagan Super Giant Manchester Super Giants
Notes
References
See also Cricket in India Indian Premier League
External links
Team profile at iplt20.com