Lucknow Super Giants will look quite different in IPL 2025. The team bought Rishabh Pant for Rs 27 crore in the mega auction for 2025. Earlier, the team had released KL Rahul, who was the regular captain till 2024. In such a situation, now the question arises that who will be the captain of Lucknow in 2025? Fans are hoping that Pant will be made the captain, but perhaps this will not happen.
It is natural for the fans to believe that Pant will be made the captain. First of all, Pant was bought by paying a huge amount, after which he became the most expensive player in IPL history. Apart from this, Pant has good experience of captaining IPL. Pant has captained a lot for Delhi Capitals. So let us know who will be the captain of Lucknow other than Pant.
Who will be the captain other than Pant?
According to media reports, not Rishabh Pant but wicketkeeper batsman Nicholas Pooran can be made the captain of Lucknow. Pooran was retained by Lucknow for Rs 21 crore. Pooran has captained Lucknow several times in IPL 2024 in the absence of KL Rahul. Pooran was the vice-captain of Lucknow in IPL 2024. In this regard, the Lucknow team can make Pooran the captain. However, official information about Pooran or Pant becoming the captain is yet to come.
IPL career of Nicholas Pooran
It is worth noting that Pooran started playing IPL from 2019. He made his debut in the tournament playing for Punjab Kings. Then in 2022 he was a part of Sunrisers Hyderabad. After this, in 2023 he is present with Lucknow Super Giants. Pooran has played 76 IPL matches so far. Batting in 73 innings of these matches, he has scored 1769 runs at an average of 32.16 and a strike rate of 162.29. During this period, he has scored 9 half-centuries, in which the highest score has been 77 runs.
