Having qualified for the playoffs in their very first IPL, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have put faith in the majority of their players as they retained 15 of them ahead of the auction in December.
Manish Pandey's omission from retained players' list seems to be an obvious one after his lacklustre show in IPL 2022. Among the 7 players released by the franchise, West Indians Jason Holder, Evin Lewis and Sri Lankan pacer Dushmantha Chameera were the other big names released by LSG.
Lucknow will go into the IPL 2023 mini-auction in December with a purse of Rs 23.35 crore.
All you need to know about Lucknow Super Giants ahead of IPL 2023 mini-auction on December 23:
Players released: Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, Shahbaz Nadeem
Remaining purse remaining: Rs 23.35 crore
Overseas slots to fill: 4
Players retained by LSG ahead of IPL mini auction: KL Rahul (capt), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi