The Lucknow Super Giants management was not very happy with KL Rahul's leadership and this led to the team parting ways with him. They spent a lot of money on the auction and signed some outstanding players Rishabh pants and Mitchell Marsh among others. However, with Rahul gone, there were doubts about the potential future captain. Nicholas Pooran was commissioned for a whopping INR 21 crore and was considered the favorite before the auction. After the auction, Pant is the leading candidate for the role.
Franchise co-owner Sanjiv Goenka spoke on the same issue and pointed out that there are four leaders in the LSG camp. He also said that the team's goal is to build a strong middle class and that they are happy with the outcome of the auction. Interestingly, the franchise was criticized for building a complete Indian pace unit but Goenka clarified that it was part of the plan.
“Our inner feeling is that our auction was excellent. Our focus was on our middle order and our finishing being extremely strong. Our No. 3 to No. 8 are very strong. Our second wish was to go for an all-Indian pace attack instead of an international pace and explosive international batsmen. Now we have a combination of both,” Goenka said in a video shared on Aakash Chopra’s YouTube channel.
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“We have four leaders in our team – Rishabh, Pooran, Markram and Mitch Marsh. This creates a very strong leadership pool of intellect, thought and strategy. They are all people who can go with the mindset to win. Rishabh has the hunger and passion to win. This is how a good team was created. We are happy. Overall, the record is also good and no team is 10 against 10,” he added.
Notably, LSG signed Pant for INR 27 Crore and their other expensive signings were Avesh Khan, Akash Deep and David Miller, which they got for INR 9.75, INR 8 and INR 7.50 respectively.
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