Leaders Online Desk : IPL 2024 LSG New Captain : The 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) will start in a few weeks. BCCI has announced the schedule for the first phase of the league. The season kicks off on March 22 with an epic match between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). All the teams are busy preparing for the upcoming IPL season. Meanwhile, now the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) team has announced their captain and vice-captain.
Nicholas Puran is LSG's new vice-captain
Lucknow Super Giants on Thursday (February 29) shared a post from their official X (Twitter) account and announced the captain and vice-captain of the team. He shared a picture of KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran. Nicholas Pooran's nickname Nikki P is written on the t-shirts the two are holding. Below it is written Visi. At the same time, in the caption, LSG has clearly written that KL Rahul will be the captain and Nicholas Puran will be his vice-captain. Krunal Pandya was the vice-captain of LSG during the last season, leading the team after KL Rahul's injury. (IPL 2024 LSG New Captain)
Lucknow Super Giants team entered IPL in 2022 season. This team has played two seasons so far. The team finished third in both tournaments and qualified for the playoffs. The team played an eliminator. However, LSG lost both times in the eliminator matches. In the 2022 season, LSG was defeated by Royal Challengers Bangalore, while in the 2023 season, Mumbai Indians won the eliminator match. In that case this season will be special for LSG, as KL Rahul will play the entire season. (IPL 2024 LSG New Captain)
Why Nicol vice-captain instead of Pandya?
After this decision of the franchise, many people on social media have asked why Krunal Pandya was removed as vice-captain. As Pandya did not perform well as a captain and as an all-rounder last season, there has been talk of dropping him. Although the team reached the playoffs under his leadership, he could not go much further. However, many people on social media have taken Krunal Pandya's side and opined that he handled the LSG team better in Rahul's absence.
Lucknow Super Giants team
KL Rahul (captain), Nicholas Pooran (vice-captain), Quinton de Kock, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Meyers, Devdutt Padikkal, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Krunal Pandya, Yudhveer Singh, Yash Thakur, Prarak Mankad, Amit Mishra, Mayank Yadav, Shamar Joseph, Mohsin Khan, Krishnappa Gautam, Arshin Kulkarni, Shivam Mavi, M Siddharth, David Wiley, Ashton Turner, Mohammad Arshad Khan.
KL Rahul (C)
Nicholas Pooran (VC)This season feels special already 💙 pic.twitter.com/367JTTeSHL
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) February 29, 2024
