India wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul led LSG for his or her first three seasons (from 2022); the franchise made the playoffs of their first two years, although they didn’t make the ultimate on both event. The 2024 season was forgettable as they completed seventh on the desk.
For Pant, that is the second franchise the place he shall be captain. It was captaincy which was the sticking level for Pant at Delhi Capitals (DC); he opted to go again into the public sale after failed talks with DC, who needed to retain him however weren’t essentially dedicated to having him lead.
Forward of the public sale, LSG retained 5 gamers: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan.
Nonetheless, they had been looking out for an Indian participant who may change Rahul as captain. Pant, together with Shreyas Iyer had been on prime of their listing. On the public sale, they initially received a fierce bidding contest with SRH to bag Pant at INR 20.75 crore after which raised that to 27 crore to stub out the right-to-match problem from DC.
Pant, who represented DC from 2016, took over their captaincy from IPL 2021 and was in cost all via apart from the 2023 season, when he was out injured after his life-threatening automobile crash in December 2022.
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