The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) embarked on their IPL 2025 journey under new leader Rishabh Pant. However, they still ended-up 7th place in the points table. Now ahead of the new season in March, we take a look at LSG Retention List IPL 2026 auction.
When Lucknow Super Giants went with the bold move to spend 27 crore price on Rishabh Pant and was handed the leadership, the expectations were definitely to finish in the top four. However, the grinding continues for them.
They finished the league phase at 7th place in the points table in the IPL 2025 season. Captain Pant also didn’t have a great season until the last match. And that has raised questions on Rishabh Pant LSG retention probability.
However, Lucknow is unlikely to give-up quickly on the Indian wicketkeeper-batter. Meanwhile, LSG hasn’t been much active in the ongoing IPL trade window 2026. Although players like Mayank Yadav have been linked with a move, it isn’t likely to materialise as LSG rate him highly.
The Super Giants have a great foundation and they just need to build from here. And the first important step is to make sure that LSG Retention List IPL 2026 auction keeps most of their key players. In this article, we take a look at LSG Retention List IPL 2026.
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Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Retained Players List
Rishabh Pant (C, wk), Nicholas Pooran, Matthew Breetzke (wk), Aryan Juyal (wk), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shamar Joseph, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Akash Singh, Digvesh Rathi, Mayank Yadav.
Likely Released List of Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2026
David Miller, Himmat Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Yuvraj Choudhary, Manimaran Siddharth, Prince Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Will O’Rourke.
LSG Retained Players List from Mega Auction 2025
LSG made the big decision to not retain KL Rahul ahead of the 2025 Mega Auction and paid a whopping 21 crore salary to star batter Nicholas Pooran. They also retained the duo of Mayank Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi for 11 crore price respectively. Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan were meanwhile retained as uncapped players for 4 crore price each, spending 51 crore before the 2025 Mega Auction.
| Player | Price (INR Crore) |
| Nicholas Pooran | 21.00 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 11.00 |
| Mayank Yadav | 11.00 |
| Mohsin Khan | 4.00 |
| Ayush Badoni | 4.00 |
| Total Spent | 51.00 |
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Squad before IPL 2026
| Category | Player | Role / Notes |
| Batters | Aiden Markram | Top-order Batter |
| Nicholas Pooran | Aggressive Top-order Batter | |
| David Miller | Middle-order Batter | |
| Himmat Singh | Middle-order Batter | |
| Matthew Breetzke | Batter | |
| Abdul Samad | Hard-hitting Finisher | |
| Wicketkeepers | Rishabh Pant (c) | Wicketkeeper Batter (Captain) |
| Aryan Juyal | Young Wicketkeeper Batter | |
| All-rounders | Mitchell Marsh | All-rounder (Pace) |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | All-rounder (Spin) | |
| Ayush Badoni | All-rounder | |
| Rajvardhan Hangargekar | Young All-rounder (Pace) | |
| Arshin Kulkarni | All-rounder and Top-order Batter | |
| Shardul Thakur | All-rounder (Pace) | |
| Bowlers | Avesh Khan | Fast Bowler |
| Akash Deep | Fast Bowler | |
| Mayank Yadav | Fast Bowler | |
| Prince Yadav | Fast Bowler | |
| Yuvraj Chaudhary | Fast Bowler | |
| Digvesh Rathi | Spinner | |
| Ravi Bishnoi | Right-arm Googly Spinner | |
| Akash Singh | Left-arm Pacer | |
| Manimaran Siddharth | Leg-Spin Bowler | |
| Will O’Rourke | Fast Bowler | |
| Shamar Joseph | Fast Bowler |
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