In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 (IPL),  the two news franchises will be making their debut in Lucknow and Ahmedabad. Before the IPL mega auction, the Lucknow franchise has reported having roped in the services of Indian opener KL Rahul, uncapped Indian player Ravi Bishnoi and Australian star all-rounder, Marcus Stoinis.

Rahul will also be the captain of the Lucknow team. The Lucknow franchise has roped in KL Rahul for ₹15 crores. At the same time, Stoinis will get 11 crores and Bishnoi will be getting ₹4 crores.

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The Lucknow franchise has appointed former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower as the head coach. The team’s mentor will be the former KKR skipper, Gautam Gambhir. This franchise is the most expensive team in the history of the T20 league as the RPSG Group has bought the team for ₹7090 crores.

After joining Punjab, KL Rahul has scored more than 575 runs in 4 consecutive seasons and his tremendous performance in the IPL has confirmed his place across the formats in Team India. And now he has also become the biggest contender for the captaincy of the Test team instead of Virat Kohli. He has been made the vice-captain of Indian ODI and T20. Rahul is also going to take over the command of the Indian team in the absence of Rohit Sharma in the ODI series against South Africa.

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Young bowler Ravi Bishnoi was released by Punjab Kings and Marcus Stoinis by Delhi Capitals before the auction. Bishnoi took the most wickets in the Under 19 World Cup 2020. After this Punjab Kings added him with them. Bishnoi grabbed everyone’s attention by taking 24 wickets in 23 matches in the last couple of seasons.