# 2022 Lucknow Super Giants season

Lucknow Super Giants is a franchise cricket team based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. They play in the Indian Premier League (IPL); the team's debut season was the 2022 edition of the IPL.
The team is owned by RPSG Group and was captained by KL Rahul and coached by Andy Flower in 2022.

## Background

As an expansion team, the franchise were able to add three players ahead of the 2022 mega-auction. The three players drafted were KL Rahul for ₹17 crore, Marcus Stoinis for ₹9.2 crore and leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi for ₹4 crore. After these acquisitions the franchise was left with ₹59.8 crores ahead of the auction.
The team signed an additional 18 players at the auction. The most expensive addition to the squad was pace bowler Avesh Khan who became the most expensive uncapped player when Lucknow selected him for ₹10 crores.

### Added

    Marcus Stoinis, KL Rahul, Ravi Bishnoi

### Acquired during the auction

    Deepak Hooda, Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, Quinton de Kock, Krunal Pandya, Mark Wood, Avesh Khan, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, Krishnappa Gowtham, Dushmanta Chameera, Shahbaz Nadeem, Manan Vohra, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Karan Sharma, Evin Lewis, Mayank Yadav.

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Squad strength: 21 (14 - Indian, 7 - overseas)
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Salary | Year signed | Notes |
| Captain |||||||||
| 01 | KL Rahul | India | (1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ₹17 crore (US$2.0 million) | 2022 | Captain |
| Batters |||||||||
| 117 | Evin Lewis | Trinidad and Tobago | (1991-12-27) 27 December 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ₹2 crore (US$230,000) | 2022 | Overseas |
| 21 | Manish Pandey | India | (1989-09-10) 10 September 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm Medium | ₹4.2 crore (US$490,000) | 2022 | |
| 36 | Manan Vohra | India | (1993-07-18) 18 July 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | 2022 | |
| 11 | Ayush Badoni | India | (1999-12-03) 3 December 1999 (age 25) | Right-Handed | Right-Arm off-spin | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | 2022 | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 17 | Marcus Stoinis | Australia | (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ₹9.2 crore (US$1.1 million) | 2022 | Overseas |
| 98 | Jason Holder | Barbados | (1991-11-05) 5 November 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ₹8.75 crore (US$1.0 million) | 2022 | Overseas |
| 25 | Krunal Pandya | India | (1991-03-24) 24 March 1991 (age 33) | Left-handed | Left Arm orthodox | | 2022 | |
| 57 | Deepak Hooda | India | (1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | | 2022 | |
| 7 | Krishnappa Gowtham | India | (1988-10-20) 20 October 1988 (age 36) | Right Handed | Right-arm off-break | | 2022 | |
| 71 | Kyle Mayers | Barbados | (1992-09-08) 8 September 1992 (age 32) | Left-Handed | Right-arm medium | | 2022 | Overseas |
| 46 | Karan Sharma | India | (1998-10-31) 31 October 1998 (age 26) | Right Handed | Right-arm offbreak | | 2022 | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 12 | Quinton de Kock | South Africa | (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 32) | Left-handed | - | ₹6.75 crore (US$0.8 million) | 2022 | Overseas |
| Spin bowlers |||||||||
| 56 | Ravi Bishnoi | India | (2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | | 2022 | |
| 88 | Shahbaz Nadeem | India | (1989-08-12) 12 August 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Left Arm orthodox | | 2022 | |
| Pace Bowlers |||||||||
| | Mark Wood | England | (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | ₹7.5 crore (US$870,000) | 2022 | Overseas. Wood did not play during the season due to injury and was replaced by Andrew Tye |
| 68 | Andrew Tye | Australia | (1986-12-12) 12 December 1986 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | NA | 2022 | Replacement for Mark Wood |
| 65 | Avesh Khan | India | (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | | 2022 | |
| 39 | Ankit Rajpoot | India | (1993-12-04) 4 December 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | | 2022 | |
| 47 | Mohsin Khan | India | (1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | | 2022 | |
| 08 | Mayank Yadav | India | (2002-06-17) 17 June 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | | 2022 | |
| 05 | Dushmantha Chameera | Sri Lanka | (1992-01-11) 11 January 1992 (age 33) | Right-handedb | Right-arm fast | ₹2 crore (US$230,000) | 2022 | Overseas |

## Points table

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Gujarat Titans (C) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.316 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | A | Rajasthan Royals (R) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.298 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | A | Lucknow Super Giants (4th) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.251 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 4 | B | Royal Challengers Bangalore (3rd) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.253 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 5 | A | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.204 | |
| 6 | B | Punjab Kings | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.126 | |
| 7 | A | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.146 | |
| 8 | B | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.379 | |
| 9 | B | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.203 | |
| 10 | A | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.506 | |

## Group fixtures

* Match 4 28 March 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Lucknow Super Giants 158/6 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat Titans 161/5 (19.4 overs) |
| Deepak Hooda 55 (41) Mohammed Shami 3/25 (4 overs) | | Rahul Tewatia 40* (24) Dushmantha Chameera 2/22 (3 overs) |
* Gujarat Titans won by 5 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Pashchim Pathak (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Mohammed Shami (Gujarat Titans)
* Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 7 31 March 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 210/7 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants 211/4 (19.3 overs) |
| Robin Uthappa 50 (27) Ravi Bishnoi 2/24 (4 overs) | | Quinton de Kock 65 (45) Dwaine Pretorius 2/31 (4 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 6 wickets Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Virender Sharma (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Evin Lewis (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 12 4 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Lucknow Super Giants 169/7 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 157/9 (20 overs) |
| KL Rahul 68 (50) T. Natarajan 2/26 (4 overs) | | Rahul Tripathi 44 (30) Avesh Khan 4/24 (4 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 12 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Avesh Khan (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 15 7 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Delhi Capitals 149/3 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants 155/4 (19.4 overs) |
| Prithvi Shaw 61 (34) Ravi Bishnoi 2/22 (4 overs) | | Quinton de Kock 80 (52) Kuldeep Yadav 2/31 (3.4 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 6 wickets DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Tapan Sharma (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (Lukhnow Super Giants)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 20 10 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 165/6 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants 162/8 (20 overs) |
| Shimron Hetmyer 59* (36) Krishnappa Gowtham 2/30 (4 overs) | | Quinton de Kock 39 (32) Yuzvendra Chahal 4/41 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 3 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 26 16 April 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lucknow Super Giants 199/4 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 181/9 (20 overs) |
| KL Rahul 103* (60) Jaydev Unadkat 2/32 (4 overs) | | Suryakumar Yadav 37 (27) Avesh Khan 3/30 (4 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 18 runs Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) Player of the match: KL Rahul (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 31 19 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 181/6 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants 163/8 (20 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 96 (64) Jason Holder 2/25 (4 overs) | | Krunal Pandya 42 (28) Josh Hazlewood 4/25 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 18 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nitin Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 37 24 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Lucknow Super Giants 168/6 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 132/8 (20 overs) |
| KL Rahul 103* (62) Kieron Pollard 2/8 (2 overs) | | Rohit Sharma 39 (31) Krunal Pandya 3/19 (4 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 36 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind) Player of the match: KL Rahul (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 42 29 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Lucknow Super Giants 153/8 (20 overs) | v | Punjab Kings 133/8 (20 overs) |
| Quinton de Kock 46 (37) Kagiso Rabada 4/38 (4 overs) | | Jonny Bairstow 32 (28) Mohsin Khan 3/24 (4 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 20 runs MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Krunal Pandya (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 45 1 May 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lucknow Super Giants 195/3 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 189/7 (20 overs) |
| KL Rahul 77 (51) Shardul Thakur 3/40 (4 overs) | | Rishabh Pant 44 (30) Mohsin Khan 4/16 (4 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 6 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Chirra Ravikanthreddy (Ind) Player of the match: Mohsin Khan (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 53 7 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Lucknow Super Giants 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 101 (14.3 overs) |
| Quinton de Kock 50 (29) Andre Russell 2/22 (3 overs) | | Andre Russell 45 (19) Avesh Khan 3/19 (3 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 75 runs MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Avesh Khan (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 57 10 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Gujarat Titans 144/4 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants 82 (13.5 overs) |
| Shubman Gill 63* (49) Avesh Khan 2/26 (4 overs) | | Deepak Hooda 27 (26) Rashid Khan 4/24 (3.5 overs) |
* Gujarat Titans won by 62 runs MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)
* Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
* Gujarat Titans qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.
* Match 63 15 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 178/6 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants 154/8 (20 overs) |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal 41 (29) Ravi Bishnoi 2/31 (4 overs) | | Deepak Hooda 59 (39) Trent Boult 2/18 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 24 runs Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Pashchim Pathak (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Trent Boult (Rajasthan Royals)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 66 18 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Lucknow Super Giants 210/0 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 208/8 (20 overs) |
| Quinton de Kock 140* (70) | | Shreyas Iyer 50 (29) Mohsin Khan 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 2 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
* Lucknow Super Giants qualified for the playoffs and Kolkata Knight Riders were eliminated as a result of this match.

## Playoffs
### Preliminary
#### Eliminator

* 25 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 207/4 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants 193/6 (20 overs) |
| Rajat Patidar 112* (54) Mohsin Khan 1/25 (4 overs) | | KL Rahul 79 (58) Josh Hazlewood 3/43 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 14 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Rajat Patidar (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
* Royal Challengers Bangalore advance to Qualifier 2 and Lucknow Super Giants were eliminated as a result of this match.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | KL Rahul | 15 | 15 | 3 | 616 | 103* | 51.33 | 455 | 135.38 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 30 |
| 2 | Quinton de Kock | 15 | 15 | 1 | 508 | 140* | 36.28 | 341 | 148.97 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 23 |
| 3 | Deepak Hooda | 15 | 14 | 0 | 451 | 59 | 32.21 | 330 | 133.66 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 18 |
| 4 | Krunal Pandya | 14 | 13 | 4 | 183 | 42 | 20.33 | 145 | 126.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 |
| 5 | Ayush Badoni | 13 | 11 | 3 | 161 | 54 | 20.13 | 130 | 123.84 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 |
| 6 | Marcus Stoinis | 11 | 10 | 2 | 156 | 38* | 19.50 | 106 | 147.16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | Manish Pandey | 6 | 6 | 0 | 88 | 38 | 14.67 | 80 | 110.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 8 | Evin Lewis | 6 | 5 | 2 | 73 | 55* | 24.33 | 56 | 130.56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |