Lucknow Super Giants invested a massive amount of Rs 27 crore on Rishabh Pant and are most likely to make him the captain as well. They secured a lot more top players at the mega auction. Here's LSG's full squad for IPL 2025 after the mega auction.

Lucknow Super Giants opened their account on Day 2 of IPL 2025 Mega Auction in Jeddah on Monday with the buy of India pacer Akash Deep for Rs 8 crore. LSG's next buy was Delhi batter Himmat Singh for Rs 30 lakh.

Lucknow Super Giants is a franchise which is just three-year old into the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL). If all the three seasons are to compared, then LSG had more highs than lows. Lucknow Super Giants under mentor Gautam Gambhir finished on the third place in the 2022 and the 2023 season.

In an intense bidding war, Pant was signed by LSG for an incredible sum of INR 27 crore at the auction going on in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah. The record amount saw Pant become the highest paid player in IPL history. The Super Giants had parted ways with KL Rahul ahead of the auction but had kept some big names.

Rishabh Pant becomes IPL's most expensive player at ₹27 crore, highlighting the lucrative economics of star cricketers.

Rishabh Pant surpassed Shreyas Iyer to become the most expensive player in auctions history after being roped in by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore.

LSG's massive bid for Pant eclipsed Shreyas Iyer's record as the tournament's costliest player within minutes. Earlier,  Punjab Kings had shattered the record by acquiring Iyer for Rs 26.75 crore.