Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) team met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday. The meeting, attended by team owner Sanjiv Goenka and captain Rishabh Pant, was a courtesy visit where the Chief Minister prolonged his best wishes for the upcoming IPL season. In the course of the meeting, CM Yogi Adityanath praised Lucknow Super Giants’ past performances, highlighting the team’s talent, discipline, and sportsmanship. He expressed confidence that the players would give their best and strive to lift the IPL 2025 trophy. “Lucknow Super Giants have showcased remarkable performances in previous seasons. This team represents dedication, discipline, and the true spirit of the sport. I’m hopeful that this season, too, the players will show their skills and make the state proud,” the Chief Minister said.
Several key players, coaches, and management officials were present on the meeting, including Rishabh Pant (Captain), Aryan Juyal, Himmat Singh, Abdul Samad, other players and training staff.
LSG are set to play their first match of IPL 2025 season against Delhi Capitals, a team which Pant captained previously, on March 24 on the ACAVDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam.
LSG reached the playoffs of the IPL 2022 and 2023 seasons, before exiting within the Eliminator twice. In IPL 2024, LSG finished at seventh place within the points table.
Pant, the left-handed wicketkeeper-batter, became the costliest player in IPL’s history when LSG acquired him for Rs 27 crore on the mega auction last yr.
He’ll now be LSG’s fourth captain of their history of playing within the IPL after KL Rahul, Nicholas Pooran and Krunal Pandya.
This will likely be the second IPL team Pant will likely be captaining after leading Delhi Capitals (DC). Pant had been DC’s captain from 2021 to 2024 editions of the IPL, barring the 2023 season, which he missed resulting from recovery from various injuries sustained in a automotive accident in December 2022.
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