Lucknow Super Giants

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LSG built IPL 2026 around the largest auction outlay in tournament history. Rishabh Pant (`rishabh_pant`) at ₹27 Cr is the highest IPL price ever paid; he was paired with Nicholas Pooran (`nicholas_pooran`) at ₹21 Cr to form a ₹48 Cr match-winning batting axis. Around them: Mayank Yadav (`mayank_yadav`) at ₹11 Cr for express pace, Avesh Khan (`avesh_khan`) and Mohammad Shami (`mohammad_shami`) at ₹10 Cr each for the new ball, Mitchell Marsh (`mitchell_marsh`) at ₹3.4 Cr and Aiden Markram (`aiden_markram`) at ₹2 Cr as overseas openers, and the breakout uncapped buy Mukul Choudhary (`mukul_choudhary`) at ₹2.6 Cr, age 21. George Linde (`george_linde`) joined on 11 April as a Wanindu Hasaranga replacement; Josh Inglis (`josh_inglis`) at ₹2.6 Cr was confirmed to "boost the batting" on 21 April but hasn't featured.