Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) confirmed their captain for the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) season. KL Rahul's exit led to a captaincy switch in the franchise. Rishabh Pant beat Nicholas Pooran to secure the top job.

Stumper-batsman Rishabh Pant will take over from KL Rahul as Lucknow Super Giants captain in this year's Indian Premier League.

KL Rahul, who led Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) since their IPL debut, helped the team reach the playoffs in their first two seasons.

Rishabh Pant was acquired by the Lucknow Super Giants for a whopping sum of Rs 27 crore at the IPL 2025 auction, making him the most expensive player in the tournament's history. Pant has led the Delhi Capitals in the IPL thus far in 43 matches across three seasons,

Stumper-batsman Rishabh Pant will take over from KL Rahul as Lucknow Super Giants captain in this year's Indian Premier League. Lucknow bought the 27-year-old for an eye-watering $3.21 million in the players auction in November in a record deal for the world's richest Twenty20 competition.

Stylish wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant captained Delhi Capitals (DC) starting in 2021 and led the team throughout the 2022 and 2024 seasons.

Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have named Rishabh Pant as their new skipper. LSG named Pant as the skipper in an event on Monday (Jan 20) in Kolkata. Pant was acquired by LSG for an exorbitant amount of INR 27 crore (US $3.

Star Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant was announced as the captain of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Tuesday ahead of this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) season. The announcement was made on Star Sports during the show 'LSG Special Live',