Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals are set to welcome KL Rahul's Lucknow Super Giants in the fourth match of the Indians Premier League 2024 on Sunday. RR have recorded two wins in three encounters against LSG and are favourites to win in Jaipur.
LSG head coach Justin Langer confirmed the development and also voiced his concern that with Wood also pulling out, their team lacks experience in the pace bowling department. As for Willey, he was on the road for the last couple of months playing in ILT20 and PSL.
KL Rahul is set to feature in the first game of the Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2024 after being out of action due to a quadriceps issue. His batting position will be under the spotlight as he eyes a return to India's T20I side. Here is how LSG stack up ahead of the new IPL.
Lucknow Super Giants captain and wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul suffered an injury during the first Test match against England in Hyderabad but has been cleared by the National Cricket Academy to feature in the Indian Premier League 2024.
Adam Voges, head coach at Big Bash League giants Perth Scorchers, famously made his Test debut at the age of 35 and went on to score 1485 runs in just 20 matches at an amazing batting average of 61.87 with five centuries.
Lucknow Super Giants have added Lance Klusener to an already star-studded coaching staff for the 2024 edition of the IPL. Klusener, who led Lucknow's sister franchise in SA20, Durban's Super Giants to the final, will add a lot of experience and a champion mentality to the LSG squad.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have named their vice-captain ahead of the 2024 edition of the IPL with KL Rahul set to continue as the captain. Rahul, who got injured midway through last year and missed the second half of IPL 2023. LSG have qualified for playoffs in both seasons so far.
"Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) named Shamar Joseph as replacement for pacer Mark Wood for the upcoming edition of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.Joseph will join LSG for INR 3 Crore," IPL media advisory said.
Australian cricketers were on high demand in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction with SRH and KKR splurging 20.5 crore and 24.75 crore for Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc respectively. A total of six Australians were sold at the auction with World Cup her Travis Head also being among them.
LSG list of players for IPL 2024: Lucknow Super Giants were not that busy at the auction table as they had the core of their squad ready with them. LSG also had a small purse in comparison to the other teams.
KL Rahul left for South Africa on Tuesday, December 12 as he will be leading the Indian ODI team in the three-match series starting December 17 in the absence of Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya. Rahul, who has embraced the middle-order role in the format, is set to expand it to Tests and in the IPL.
Gujarat prevailed over Himachal Pradesh in a thriller in the Vijay Hazare Trophy owing to Urvil Patel's sensational hundred but it wasn't before pacer Arpit Guleria's heroics. Playing just his fourth match in the tournament, Guleria picked an eight-fer and despite that Gujarat scored 327 runs.
Experienced wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul guided Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to playoffs on both occasions since the team's entry into the Indian Premier League and has also been sensational with a bat with 890 runs in just 24 innings.
Devudutt Padikkal endured a poor IPL 2023 season with Rajasthan Royal with just 261 runs in 11 matches while young pacer Avesh Khan managed to pick only eight wickets in nine games for Lucknow Super Giants.
Former Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir has stepped down as Lucknow Super Giants mentor ahead of the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League and as expected, has returned to the Purple and Gold franchise. Gambhir served two years as LSG mentor and will hope to take KKR to new heights.
Mumbai Indians became the first team to start their business in the IPL 2023 trade window by roping in Lucknow Super Giants all-rounder Romario Shepherd for INR 50 lakh. Teams are asked to submit their final list of released and retained players before November 26.
Lucknow Super Giants announced their full 7-member support staff ahead of the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League. Justin Langer's appointment as the new head coach of the Super Giants was confirmed in July.
Lucknow Super Giants will enter the next season with new head coach Justin Langer and new strategic consultant MSK Prasad.
Head coach Andy Flower's tenure with the Lucknow Super Giants ended after the 2023 edition of the IPL. Under Flower, LSG reached the playoffs in both seasons since their debut in the IPL last year.
Lucknow Super Giants made it to the playoffs under the coaching staff led by Andy Flower but couldn't win the trophy. Now it remains to be seen if Langer takes up the top job ahead of the next season.
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