LSG squad, IPL 2026 Auction: Know Lucknow Super Giants' complete list of players and purse remaining

IPL 2026 auction: Lucknow Super Giants' (LSG) jumped into the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 auction with a remaining purse of Rs 22.95 crore. Sri Lanka's star all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga became their first pick at the auction, who they grabbed for Rs 2 crore. Then then went on to rope in South Africa's tearaway pacer Anrich Nortje at Rs 2 crore. They didn't stop their as they bought the services of Rajasthan's wicketkeeper-batter Mukul Chaudhary at Rs 2.6 crore before including Naman Tiwary (Rs 1 crore) in their ranks.

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But they saved the best for the last and splurged a whopping Rs 8.60 crore on Australia's Josh Inglis, who will be available for just four matches of the IPL 2026.

LSG's pick at the IPL 2026 auction:

Wanindu Hasaranga (Rs 2 crore)
Anrich Nortje (Rs 2 crore)
Mukul Choudhary (Rs 2.60 crore)
Naman Tiwari (1 crore)
Akshat Raghuwanshi (Rs 2.20 crore)
Josh Inglis (Rs 8.60 crore)

LSG's purse remaining:

Rs. 4.55 crore

List of LSG's retained players:

Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (c), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Mohammed Shami (traded in from SRH), Arjun Tendulkar (traded in from MI).

List of LSG's released players:

Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shardul Thakur (traded to MI), Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, and Shamar Joseph.

LSG's full squad after auction:

Anrich Nortje, Mukul Choudhary, Naman Tiwari, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Akash Singh, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshin Kulkarni, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Md Shami, Mitchell Marsh, Mohsin Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Ahmed

A total of 369 players entered the auction pool in the auction, all hoping to secure one of the 77 available slots across the ten competing franchise squads.