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IPL 2025 LSG Captain: Lucknow Super Giants will have a completely different look in IPL 2025. In the mega auction held for 2025, the team bought Rishabh Pant for Rs 27 crore. Earlier, the team had released regular captain KL Rahul till 2024. In such a situation, now the question is who will be the captain of Lucknow in 2025? Fans are hoping that Pant will be made the captain, but this will not happen.
It is natural for the fans to believe that Pant will be made the captain. First, Pant was bought for a huge amount, after which he became the most expensive player in IPL history. Apart from this, Pant also has good experience of IPL captaincy. Pant has captained many Delhi Capitals. So let us know who will be the captain of Lucknow apart from Pant.
Apart from Pant, who will captain LSG?
According to media reports, not Rishabh Pant but wicketkeeper batsman Nicholas Puran can be made the captain of Lucknow. Puran was retained by Lucknow at a price of Rs 21 crore. Puran has captained Lucknow several times within IPL 2024 in the absence of KL Rahul. Puran was the vice-captain of Lucknow in IPL 2024. So Lucknow team can make Puran the captain. However, there is no official information yet about Pooran or Pant becoming the captain.
Nicholas Pooran’s IPL career
Puran started playing IPL from 2019. He made his debut in the tournament playing for Punjab Kings. Then in 2022 he was a part of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Then from 2023 he is with Lucknow Super Giants. Puran has played 76 IPL matches so far. Batting in 73 innings of these matches, he has scored 1769 runs at an average of 32.16 and strike rate of 162.29. During this period, he has scored 9 half-centuries, in which the high score was 77 runs.