Star West Indies National Cricket Team batsman Nicholas Pooran has officially signed with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction.
Nicholas Pooran has signed a contract with the LSG franchise and will earn a salary of INR 18 crore in 2025 in the Indian Premier League.
KL Rahul will be released by Lucknow Super Giants
KL Rahul, who was lured by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) as a Draft pick in his debut season, will be released by the franchise. Rahul led LSG very well in their debut season and played a key role in their success.
In 15 matches, he scored 616 runs at an average of 51.33 and a strike rate of 135.38. He also helped LSG qualify for the playoffs, but they lost in the Eliminator.
In IPL 2023, Rahul played just 9 games and scored 274 runs at an average of 34.25 and a strike rate of 113.22 before being dropped from the entire competition. LSG lost the Eliminator that season as well.
Meanwhile, Rahul returned to the side for IPL 2024 and scored 520 runs at an average of 37.14 and a strike rate of 136.12, but LSG failed to make the playoffs and finished seventh. Franchise owner Sanjiv Goenka was not happy with Rahul’s captaincy and even beat him on the field after the loss against SRH.
Nicholas Pooran becomes the number 1 owner of LSG
According to Cricbuzz, Nicholas Pooran met Sanjiv Goenka at RPSG group’s Kolkata office on Tuesday and signed on the dotted lines to represent Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the coming seasons.
In the Indian Premier League 2023, he was bought by the franchise for INR 16 crore and has done well with the bat in the previous two seasons.
Pooran scored 358 runs at an average of 29.83 and a strike rate of 172.94 in IPL 2023 and 499 runs in IPL 2024 at an average of 62.37 and a strike rate of 178.21. He also has leadership skills and can score goals. explosive batsman. Nicholas Pooran’s performance in the last two years has led to an increase in his salary of INR 2 crore and he will now receive INR 18 crore.
“Pooran is committed to LSG, has a winning mindset, thinks deeply and above all can adapt to the batting order and any match situation,” said an LSG official explaining the signing, as quoted by Cricbuzz.
LSG will enter the auction with a purse of INR 69 crore
Apart from Nicholas Pooran, LSG will retain Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan, while Badoni and Mohsin fall in the open category.
Overall, Lucknow Super Giants will spend INR 51 crore to retain the above mentioned players (INR 18 crore, INR 14 crore, INR 11 crore, INR 4 crore and INR 4 crore).
They will go into the auction with a purse of INR 69 crore and need to buy at least 15 more players to build a strong squad.
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