Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has been appointed captain of Indian Premier League facet Lucknow Tremendous Giants, the franchise confirmed on Monday forward of the brand new season, scheduled to start out on March 21. LSG wanted a captain after it determined to launch Ok.L. Rahul forward of the November 2024 mega public sale.
Pant was signed by LSG for a record-breaking sum of Rs 27 crore on the IPL mega public sale in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, final 12 months. Pant will work with head coach Justin Langer. Forward of the public sale, LSG retained 5 gamers: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan.
Pant had been launched by Delhi Capitals forward of the public sale. He had been a part of the Capitals’ set-up since 2016 and was made captain forward of the 2021 season, rather than the injured Shreyas Iyer. Pant was retained as captain for IPL 2022.
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Pant made a comeback in IPL 2024 after recovering from extreme accidents sustained in a life-threatening automobile accident in December 2022. Upon his return, he was reinstated as captain of Delhi Capitals and scored 446 runs in what turned out to be one other common season for the workforce.
Pant had not performed a T20I since his automobile accident in December 2022, however a robust efficiency in IPL 2024 earned him a spot in final 12 months’s T20 World Cup, which India gained.
The 27-year-old has scored 3,284 runs in 111 matches within the IPL.