KL Rahul has been signed by Lucknow Super Giants.© Twitter
The new Lucknow-based franchise of the Indian Premier League on Monday announced the name of its team as Lucknow Super Giants. Lucknow have opted to go with KL Rahul (Rs 17 cr), Marcus Stoinis (Rs 9.2 cr) and Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 4 cr) for IPL 2022. KL Rahul will don the captaincy cap. Andy Flower has already been named the coach of the Lucknow franchise, while former India batsman Gautam Gambhir will serve as the mentor of the franchise. The team’s official handle tweeted, “And here it is, our identity, our name… #nambanaonamkamao #LucknowSupergiants.”
Two new IPL teams – Sanjeev Goenka RPSG Group for the Lucknow franchise and the Ahmedabad team of CVC Capital have received formal approval from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The formal approval was given after the IPL Governing Council meeting.
Team owner Dr. Sanjeev Goenka, President @rpsggroup Lucknow IPL Team Name Revealed #LucknowSupergiants #makeuponamkamao #IPL2022 @ IPL @BCCI @GautamGambhir @klrahul11 pic.twitter.com/TvGaZlIgFR
— Lucknow Super Giants (@TeamLucknowIPL) 24 January 2022
Earlier, the Indian Premier League (IPL) player registration closed on January 20 and a total of 1,214 players (896 Indians and 318 overseas) have signed up to be a part of the IPL 2022 player auction.
In the two-day mega auction, 10 teams will bid for some of the best talent in world cricket. The list of players includes 270 capped, 903 uncapped and 41 associate players.
The detailed list is as follows: Capped Indian (61 players), Capped International (209 players), Associate (41 players), Uncapped Indians who were part of the last IPL season (143 players), Uncapped Internationals who were part of the last IPL season ( 6 players), Uncapped Indian (692 players), and Uncapped International (62 players).
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