Lucknow Franchise has announced its official name. This franchise will now be known as 'Lucknow Super Giants'. Dr. Sanjeev Goenka, chairman of RPSG Ventures Limited (Goenka Group), owner of Lucknow franchise, announced the name through a video message.Earlier, the Goenka Group had also bought the Pune franchise in 2016. Even then he named his team 'Rising Pune Super Giants'. After two years i.e. in 2018, the Pune team withdrew from the IPL after the return of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals to the IPL.
Name selected through competitionThe Lucknow franchise had held a contest on social media to decide on the name. He named it 'Naam Banao Aur Naam Kamao'. Sanjeev Goenka said that through this millions of messages reached us and on the basis of this we are happy to inform that we have named our team as Lucknow Super Giants. Keep giving your love to Lucknow team like this.
RPSG Group bought team for 7090 croresA total of 10 teams will play in IPL this year instead of eight. The BCCI had announced two new teams for the IPL on October 25 last year. Lucknow was bought by RPSG Ventures Ltd for Rs 7090 crore and Ahmedabad by CVC Capital for Rs 5625 crore. The official name of Ahmedabad is not announced yet.
Both the new teams selected three players each.For IPL 2022, two new teams Lucknow and Ahmedabad have announced their three players each. The Lucknow franchise has appointed KL Rahul as the captain. He has been signed by the franchise for Rs 17 crore. Apart from this, Lucknow have signed Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis and India's uncapped leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi.At the same time, Ahmedabad also announced its three players. All-rounder Hardik Pandya will be the captain of the Ahmedabad franchise. At the same time, Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan and Indian opener Shubman Gill have also been signed by the franchise. The mega auction for this season is to be held on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru.
The cost of Ahmedabad players selected in the draft| PLAYERS | TEAM | PRICE |
| Hardik Pandya | Ahmdabad | 15 crore |
| Rasid Khan | Ahmdabad
| 15 crore |
| Shubhamn Gill | Ahmdabad
| 8 crore
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The cost of Lucknow players selected in the draft | PLAYER | Team | Price |
| KL Rahul | Lucknow | 17 crore |
| Markas Stonis | Lucknow
| 9.2 crore |
| Ravi Bishnoi | Lucknow
| 4 crore
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