Published 09:41 IST, January 25th 2022
'Lucknow Super Giants': Lucknow IPL team reveals name; owner thanks fans for suggestions
RPSG group led by Sanjiv Goenka announced that their IPL franchise will be known as 'Lucknow Super Giants', drawing its name from its old franchise.
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Ending the speculation, new IPL entrants Lucknow have revealed what they will be called going into the IPL 2022 season. Taking to Twitter the RPSG group led by Sanjiv Goenka announced that the franchise will be known as 'Lucknow Super Giants'. This name was drawn from their previous franchise which was known as ' Rising Pune Super Giants'.
And here it is,
— Lucknow Super Giants (@TeamLucknowIPL) January 24, 2022
Our identity,
Our name.... 🤩🙌#NaamBanaoNaamKamao #LucknowSuperGiants @BCCI @IPL @GautamGambhir @klrahul11 pic.twitter.com/OVQaw39l3A
Team owner, Dr. Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman @rpsggroup unveils the name for the Lucknow IPL team. 😊👏🏼#LucknowSuperGiants #NaamBanaoNaamKamao #IPL2022 @IPL @BCCI @GautamGambhir @klrahul11 pic.twitter.com/TvGaZlIgFR
— Lucknow Super Giants (@TeamLucknowIPL) January 24, 2022
The Lucknow IPL team name let many baffled became the franchise ran a campaign asking fans to give in their entries and get a chance to name their name. Talking to the announcement the franchise had mentioned they got a few lakhs in entries and that have zeroed down on the name 'Lucknow Super Giants'.
I spent half my working day. Learnt everything about RPSG businesses. Wrote 7 creative names, used email IDs of my entire family to submit them just to find out that this is your team name. Just Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V & edit. Itna low effort toh 2021 ki graduation batch bhi nahi thi
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) January 24, 2022
People who took #NaamBanaoNaamKamao contest pic.twitter.com/vgsqd0bmaW
— DharmikDomination (@DharmaDominate) January 24, 2022
KL Rahul to lead Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2022
The Lucknow IPL franchise picked up India wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul (17 Crores), Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis (9.2 Crore) and uncapped Indian leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi (4 Crores) ahead of the IPL 2022 auctions. The team have also announced that KL Rahul will lead the team for this edition and beyond.
Image: Twitter/@TeamLucknowIPL/PTI
20:03 IST, January 24th 2022