Owned by Sanjiv Goenka Lucknow Super Giants
The team of Lucknow Super Giants is currently in the news. Actually, just before IPL 2025, the franchise released its captain KL Rahul. After which the fans felt that the retained Nicholas Pooran would be made the captain. However, this is not going to happen now and this Australian player can be handed over the captaincy.

Lucknow Super Giants team could not reach the playoffs last season. Due to which team owner Sanjeev Goenka became very angry. Due to which now captain KL Rahul has also been released. After which the Lucknow team has retained Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan. Since then, it was expected that the franchise could make Nicholas Pooran its next captain.

However, according to the news coming now, he is currently far away from the captaincy race. In his place, the franchise can make Australia's star batsman and former captain Steve Smith its captain. When Sanjiv Goenka was the owner of Rising Pune Supergiant, he removed a legend like Mahendra Singh Dhoni and replaced him with Steve Smith as his captain.

Steve Smith has been most successful as a captain

When Steve Smith got the captaincy of Rising Pune Supergiant, he had traveled till the finals. In that season of 2017, the team had to face defeat by just 1 run. Apart from this, Steve Smith has recently won the Major League Cricket trophy as captain.

Due to which Sanjeev Goenka can now make Steve Smith his captain. Lucknow Super Giants head coach Justin Langer also likes his compatriot Steve Smith very much. Due to which Nicholas Pooran's claim becomes weak and Steve Smith can easily win this race.