The Lucknow Super Giants, also known as LSG, are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is owned by RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group. Ekana Cricket Stadium is its home ground. As of 2026, the team is coached by Justin Langer.
Since the first appearance in 2022, the team has reached the playoffs in two seasons (2022, 2023) and finished at 7th in points table in 2024 and 2025. Currently, LSG are the only active team to have never reached an IPL final.
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Franchise history
The Governing Council of the Indian Premier League issued an invitation to tender for two new teams in August 2021. First Gujarat Titans and the other Lucknow Super Giants. A total of 22 companies declared an interest, but with a high base price for the new teams, there were no more than six serious bidders. The Sanjiv Goenka-owned RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group won the rights to operate the Lucknow franchise with a bid of ₹7,090 crore (equivalent to ₹80 billion or US$830 million in 2023).
The team launched a competition to decide its name, with Lucknow Super Giants chosen in January 2022. South African franchise Durban's Super Giants and also in the renaming of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club's footballing division to Mohun Bagan Super Giant.
Team history
At the February 2022 mega auction, the franchise purchased its first set of players. Notable players signed included KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Mark Wood and Marcus Stoinis. Later in the year, the franchise named Rahul as the captain of the team and former Zimbabwean cricketer Andy Flower as head coach. Additionally, former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir was appointed as the team mentor.
In the 2022 season, the franchise finished third in the group stage and qualified for the playoffs. They faced the fourth placed Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator match and were knocked out at that stage. The 2023 season saw the team again finishing 3rd and losing the eliminator, this time to Mumbai Indians.
The Lucknow Super Giants became one of the 10 most popular cricket clubs from India. As of April 2025, the club had 5.1 million followers on social media.
In 2024, the franchise finished 7th in the league stage winning 7 out of their 14 matches.
Ahead of mega auction, Lucknow Super Giants retained Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi and Mayank Yadav. Notable releases included their former captain KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Quinton de Kock and others. They bought the most expensive player, their new captain, Rishabh Pant for ₹27 crores in the auction. Zaheer Khan was appointed as the mentor.
On February 24, 2026, the Lucknow Super Giants officially presented a new logo for the franchise ahead of the 2026 IPL season. The redesigned emblem contains three powerful symbols in one logo featuring the demigod Garuda, a crown, and an elephant, symbolizing courage, honor, and strength to mark a new and bigger era for the franchise.
Seasons
Captains
Last updated: 11 April 2026
Result summary
Season summary
Source- Cricbuzz
Head to Head Record
Last updated: 31 Dec 2025
Home ground
The team's home ground is the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. During its first season, the team was unable to play any matches at the ground due to restrictions put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19 in India; all of the 2022 league stage matches were hosted in Maharashtra. These restrictions were removed in 2023 and the team played on the ground during the season.
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
* denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
Super Giants family
Durban's Super Giants
Mohun Bagan Super Giant
Manchester Super Giants