Pant To Captain Ipls Lucknow In 2025

Stumper-batsman Rishabh Pant will take over from KL Rahul as Lucknow Super Giants captain in this years 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 worlds richest Twenty20 competition.

Rahul captained Lucknow in their first three seasons.

Pant, who led Delhi Capitals across three seasons, told reporters in Kolkata yesterday that he would do everything in his power to repay the faith Lucknow had shown in him.

Looking forward to having a new beginning with new energy and just having a blast out there, and having lots of fun, he added.