Lucknow Super Giants Retention Player List for IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants have retained a total of 5 players before the mega auction of IPL 2025. The name of KL Rahul, who was the captain of his team, is not included in these 5 players, that is, KL Rahul has broken his ties with the franchise and now he is going to be seen in the auction. This time, Lucknow Super Giants have retained a total of 3 capped players and 2 uncapped players have also retained their place in the team. In such a situation, now Lucknow Super Giants team will enter the auction with a total of Rs 69 crore.

KL Rahul separated from LSG team

KL Rahul was associated with Lucknow Super Giants team from IPL 2022. But he was not successful in making the team win the title even once. Last season, his captain's Lucknow team could win only 7 out of 14 matches and stood at number 7. During the last season, after a match, KL Rahul had to witness a heated argument with Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjiv Goenka. Sanjeev Goenka was seen giving a class to Rahul after the team's defeat. Since then the news was coming out that KL Rahul was going to leave the team and now the same has happened.

Lucknow Super Giants retained these players

Lucknow Super Giants have decided to retain Nicholas Puran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan and Ayush Badoni. Nicholas Pooran is the most expensive retention of the team. Lucknow Super Giants have spent Rs 21 crore for Nicholas Pooran. Apart from this, Ravi Bishnoi and Mayank Yadav have been retained for Rs 11 crore each. Mayank Yadav had left a mark with his speed in the last season. He will be seen playing for this team once again. Apart from these, Mohsin Khan and Ayush Badoni have been retained as uncapped players. Both these players have been retained in the team with Rs 4 crore each.

Released these star players

KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshad Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Devdutt Padikkal, Prerak Mankad, Manimaran Siddharth, Krishnappa Gautam, Ashton Turner, Amit Mishra, Arshin Kulkarni, Including Kyle Meyers, Matt Henry, Shamar Joseph and Yash Thakur.