IPL 2025 Auction: Who Were the Five Most Expensive Buys for LSG in IPL 2022 Mega Auction?

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On the deadline day for IPL 2025 retention, Lucknow Super Giants have announced their retention list and they have five players. KL Rahul, who was the captain of LSG in the last IPL, also has been released.

Quinton de Kock and Marcus Stoinis are among the other big names who have been released. Nicholas Pooran is the biggest retention for Nicholas Pooran as the West Indies star was retained for Rs 21 crore.

LSG IPL 2025 Retentions

Nicholas Pooran: Rs. 21 crore
Mayank Yadav: Rs. 11 crore
Ravi Bishnoi: Rs. 11 crore
Mohsin Khan: Rs. 4 crore
Ayush Badoni: Rs. 4 crore

Starting with a limited purse of Rs. 120 crores, SRH spent LSG and ended up spending Rs. 51 crores for their five remaining. It is visible that the Lucknow side retained the players, maintaining the balance of the squad. However, LSG will enter the mega auction with Rs. 69 crores of remaining purse value.

IPL 2025 Lucknow Super Giants: Five Biggest Buys in IPL 2022 Mega Auction

The Lucknow Super Giants owned by RPSG Group, started its IPL journey from the IPL 2022. In their first mega auction, they made several high-profile purchases and focused on building a balanced squad.

KL Rahul and Marcus Stoinis picked up before the auction. Rahul cost Rs. 17 crore, and Stoinis cost Rs. 9.2 crore. Despite being among the costliest players of the franchise, here, we only discussed the top five buys from the IPL 2022 auction.

Avesh Khan, the Indian right-arm fast-medium pacer, emerged as the costliest player for LSG, with a price tag of Rs. 10 crores. The second and third biggest buys were two all-rounders, Jason Holder and Krunal Pandya, costing Rs. 8.75 crores and Rs. 8.25 crore, respectively. Another all-rounder, Mark Wood bought with Rs. 7.5 crore and South African star batter Quinton de Kock joined the side for a price of Rs. 6.75 crore.

IPL 2025 Lucknow Super Giants: How the Biggest Buys Performed?

Except for Jason Holder, all the other big buys delivered decent performances in the first two seasons. However, in the last IPL, the form of LSG collectively fell and they failed to qualify for the playoffs.

The most expensive buy, Avesh Khan performed well in the first season and took 18 wickets, but the second season got hampered by injuries and got released afterwards. Jason Holder also got released after an average first season. Mark Wood also never got the chance to play for a full season for LSG and failed to have an impact.

Quinton de Kock and Krunal Pandya were the only players from this list to continue for the full three years and played crucial roles. Pandya captained the side in 2023, as KL Rahul got injured.

LSG Top Five Buys in IPL 2022 Mega Auction