The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction has just ended a few days back. Two days of the auction saw 10 franchises of the competition spend INR 639.15 crore at the IPL 2025 mega auction. A total of 182 players, including 62 overseas cricketers, were sold during a two-day extravaganza in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah. Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest cricketer to be sold in the IPL auction.
There were some skyrocketing bids as well. Some big names were unsold at the auction as well. David Warner, Shardul Thakur, and Prithvi were the most shocking names. Rishabh Pant has gone big in the auction as he creates history after becoming the highest-paid player in the history of the IPL auction with INR 27 crore, he was sold to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). The RPSG group came out as the third most money.
The competition is set to start on March 14, 2025, with the final scheduled for 25 May 2025. The IPL Governing Council decided to keep the number of matches to 74 for this edition. Ahead of that, we will be doing a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) Analysis of every team. In this article, we will do a SWOT analysis of the Lucknow Super Giants(LSG) squad.
SWOT Analysis of Lucknow Super Giants
Strength
The Lucknow Super Giants’ batting lineup appears to be quite good for the next season. David Miller, Rishabh Pant, and Nicholas Pooran will deliver stunning performances in the forthcoming season. The team has also included numerous good bowlers in its squad.
The nicest part about Lucknow Super Giants is that their middle order appears to be strong. Aside from these three batsmen, Ayush Badoni and Aiden Markram may be seen playing significant roles. If they showcase their real talent in the competition.
Weakness
Despite having many talented bowlers on their team, LSG’s bowling lineup does not appear to be as formidable as other teams. The team includes Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, and Shamar Joseph.
However, some of these players have limited IPL experience and have yet to play international cricket. The forthcoming season will put a lot of pressure on the team’s bowlers to perform successfully. They do not have an experienced bowling attack in the IPL.
Opportunities
The Lucknow franchise showed faith in numerous young players during the major auction. All of these young players will need to perform well in the upcoming season if they want to play international cricket someday. Not only that, but the team’s all-rounder must play his function as well as possible.
With Zaheer Khan in the team the young cricketers will have a lot to learn from the great Indian pacer and the former seamer has experience managing big teams like Mumbai Indians he was associated with the franchise having previously spent five seasons with five-time champions Mumbai Indians from 2018 to 2022.
Threats
Lucknow Super Giants had a disappointing season last year, failing to advance to the tournament playoffs. The biggest risk for the team is that if Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, and David Miller are removed from the batting lineup early in a match.
The team may struggle to chase down a huge score. Even though Lucknow has Abdul Samad, Aidan Markram, and Mitchell Marsh, all three have been dealing with low form for some time.
Possible Playing XI of LSG
Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahamad, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Moshin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi.
