IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) buys and complete updated squad

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) started their IPL journey in the 2022 season and played Eliminators in their first two seasons before finishing in seventh place in the 2024 season.

LSG are looking to a new start with INR 69 crore at the beginning of the IPL 2025 mega auction. In the pre-auction retention, they officially spent 51 crore to retain five players, including three capped and two uncapped players.  

Rishabh Pant smashed the IPL auction record as LSG won the bid for him for INR 27 crore.  David Miller, Mitchell Marsh, and Aiden Markram are the significant overseas buys for LSG in this mega auction. Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, etc. are the other big Indian names in the new LSG squad. 

Pre Auction Retentions

(Capped)

Nicholas Pooran (Trinidadian): INR 21 Crore

Ravi Bishnoi (Indian): INR 11 Crore

Mayank Yadav (Indian): INR 11 Crore

(Uncapped)

Mohsin Khan (Indian): INR 4 Crore

Ayush Badoni (Indian): INR 4 Crore

Right-to-Match (RTM) card availability for the mega auction

1 capped player

Mega Auction Buys

Rishabh Pant (Indian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 27 crore

Avesh Khan (Indian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 9.75 crore

Akash Deep (Indian): Base price INR 1 crore – Bid won INR 8 crore

David Miller (South Africa): Base price INR 1.5 crore – Bid won INR 7.50 crore

Abdul Samad (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 4.20 crore 

Mitchell Marsh (Australian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 3.40 crore

Shahbaz Ahmed (Indian): Base price INR 1 crore – Bid won INR 2.40 crore

Aiden Markram (South African): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 2 crore

Shamar Joseph (Guyanese): Base price INR 75 lakh – Bid won INR 75 lakh

Manimaran Siddharth (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 75 lakh

Matthew Breetzke (South African): Base price INR 75 lakh – Bid won INR 75 lakh

Arshin Kulkarni (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh

Digvesh Singh (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh

Prince Yadav (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh

Yuvraj Chaudhary (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh

Akash Singh (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh

Rajvardhan Hangargekar (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh

Aryan Juyel (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh

Himmat Singh (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh

Full Squad

Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke.

Best Playing XI

Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan