The young pace sensation Mayank Yadav is reported to be retained by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) ahead of IPL 2025. The young bowler will be among the top three retentions at the franchise including Nicholas Pooran and Ravi Bishnoi.

IPL sources also said the LSG team management feels that Mayank is one for the future and one shouldn’t be surprised if he is ahead of Bishnoi in the retention list.

“Mayank is LSG’s find. They invested in him when no one knew of him and he has shown what kind of impact he can have on a match,” said an IPL source.

KL Rahul who has been the captain of the LSG in the first three seasons in the IPL is likely to part ways with the team ahead of the IPL 2025, after a few reports revealed that management is not happy with his strike rate.

LSG has not ruled out bidding for him at the auction. the franchise may decide on the day of the auction how far they can go for Rahul.

“The LSG management including mentor Zaheer Khan and coach Justin Langer, has analysed his stats and it has emerged that the team has almost lost all matches where KL has batted long and scored runs.

That indicates that his strike rate doesn’t match the momentum of the game. With the Impact player rule, the scores are getting higher. You can’t afford to have someone taking so much time at the top of the order,” said IPL sources.

Meanwhile, the franchises must submit the retained players list before the deadline set for 5:00 PM IST on October 31.

All the franchises wanted the two-day auction to be held in India, but it was not an option. Now the BCCI is on the verge of finalizing the venue and date for the IPL mega auction so that they can make travel arrangements.