IPL 2023 Auction: 3 Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Players Delhi Capitals (DC) Can Target

IPL 2023 Auction: 3 Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Players Delhi Capitals (DC) Can Target. Lucknow Super Giants were one of the two new franchises that made their debut in IPL 2022. The Lucknow-based franchise became the first one to represent Uttar Pradesh in the Indian Premier League. KL Rahul was named the captain of the team. The team management formed a stellar squad at the IPL 2022 mega auction.

As expected, LSG made it to the playoffs in their debut season, but they could not win the title. Lucknow finished third on the points table, meaning they had to play in the Eliminator match. Royal Challengers Bangalore knocked them out of the competition by defeating them in the Eliminator match.

Lucknow Super Giants may release Indian batter Manish Pandey, Australian fast bowler Andrew Tye, and Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis because of his hefty price tag. Aside from Marcus Stoinis, the Super Giants are expected to release Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, Ankit Rajpoot, and Andrew Tye ahead of the IPL 2023 mini-auction.

Delhi Capitals who still wait to enlist their name in the IPL winners list ended up in 5th position in the last IPL season. Delhi Capitals have won 7 games in the 14 games they played and pushed to 5th position in the IPL 2022 Points Table with a total point of 14. GMR Sports Pvt. Ltd & JSW Sports Pvt Ltd owned team have been inconsistent throughout the IPL 2022 season.

It is learned that ahead of IPL 2023 auction, all teams are asked to submit their final list of retained players by November 15, 2022. In order to avoid a massive collapse all teams will look to retain their star performers and will release the rest. It is expected that all teams will retain a maximum of 15 players ahead of the tournament. The likes of Mandeep Singh, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, and Ripal Patel may be released by the franchise before IPL 2023.

India fast bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur is set to turn up for Kolkata Knight Riders in the next edition of the Indian Premier League 2023 as his former franchise Delhi Capitals traded him for uncapped Mumbai all-rounder Aman Khan.

IPL 2023 Auction: 3 Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Players Delhi Capitals (DC) Can Target

Jason Holder

After representing the Chennai Super Kings in 2013, the Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2015, Kolkata Knight Riders in 2016, Jason Holder was back in the 2020 and 2021 seasons with the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Jason Holder, who can bowl at any stage of the game and use the long handle to change the course of the match, was a solid addition to LSG’s squad in IPL 2022.

He however failed with the bat in IPL 2022, managing only 58 runs in 12 IPL 2022 games averaging a mere 9.67 but picked 14 wickets averaging 27.93. If he’s released by Lucknow, Delhi Capitals may pick him up in IPL 2023 mini auctions. He had a good IPL 2021 season for SRH, where he picked 16 scalps in 8 games averaging 15.43, and scored 85 runs averaging 14.16.

Manish Pandey

It took one spectacular innings to thrust Manish Pandey into the limelight. A flamboyant right-hand top-order batsman, Manish Pandey scored an unbeaten 114 for the Royal Challengers Bangalore against the now-defunct Deccan Chargers in IPL 2009. He became the first Indian to score a ton in the IPL.

33-year-old Manish Pandey had a terrible outing in IPL 2022, scoring only 88 runs in 6 games averaging 14.67 for Lucknow Super Giants and if released, he could be acquired by Delhi Capitals in IPL 2023.

Marcus Stoinis

Marcus Stoinis donned the LSG colors after the franchise picked him ahead of the TATA IPL 2022 auction. Hailing from Western Australia, Marcus Stoinis, lived up to the expectations and impressed one and all with his all-round display in the two seasons- IPL 2020 and IPL 2021, scoring 441 runs and 15 wickets for Delhi Capitals.

His best season came in IPL 2020 where he amassed 352 runs averaging 25.14 at a strike rate of 148.52 in 17 IPL games. He also picked up his most scalps-13 in a single season in IPL 2020. So far, he has scored 1070 runs and taken 34 scalps in 67 IPL games. He may be acquired by his former franchise Delhi Capitals in their IPL 2023 squad.