Sanjiv Goenka Profile : After the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH vs LGS) in IPL 2024, a video went viral. In this video, Lucknow Super Giants team owner Sanjeev Goenka was seen talking angrily to captain KL Rahul. Sanjeev Goenka was not at all happy with the shameful defeat suffered by his team and he scolded the captain after the match. However, the fans did not like this thing at all and they came to the defense of KL Rahul. Fans trolled Sanjeev Goenka and said that a team owner should not behave like this on the field.

Now let us tell you who Sanjeev Goenka is and how even before this he has come into controversies in IPL because of MS Dhoni.

Became part of controversies due to removal of MS Dhoni from captaincy

In fact, when Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were banned for two years, a new team named Rising Pune Supergiants was formed in IPL 2016. This team was then bought by Sanjeev Goenka. He made MS Dhoni the captain of this team. After the ban on CSK, MS Dhoni became a part of Rising Pune Super Giants and was appointed the captain of the team. However, he was removed from the captaincy after just one season and Sanjiv Goenka was heavily criticized for this decision.

He is also the owner of a football club

Sanjiv Goenka, along with former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, started the football club ATK in the Indian Super League. After this he bought the Mohun Bagan team. The name of this team is also Mohun Bagan Super Giants.

Sanjiv Goenka had bought LSG team for Rs 7090 crore.

Sanjeev Goenka had bought the Lucknow franchise in the year 2021 at a price of Rs 7090 crore. This is the most expensive franchise of IPL. Sanjiv Goenka is the owner of RPSG Group. His net worth is around Rs 29 thousand crores. The headquarters of this group is in Kolkata. Apart from IPL, he also has a team in South Africa T20 League, whose name is Durban Super Giants.