Before the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026), all the teams will buy players in the auction to fill their remaining slots. Lucknow Super Giants, captained by Rishabh Pant, has made a veteran a part of its team before the auction. However, this is not an appointment in the players squad, but in the coaching department. LSG has appointed Carl Crowe as spin bowling coach.

In a post on Tuesday, Lucknow Super Giants informed that Carl Daniel Crowe will be the spin bowling coach in the upcoming IPL season. He was earlier the spin bowling coach of KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders), under whose coaching the performance of Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narine was excellent.

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— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) November 25, 2025

Talking about the cricket career of England’s Carl Crowe, he never played international cricket. He took 60 wickets in 42 first class matches, and has 33 wickets in 40 List A matches. He also played a T20 match, although he did not bowl in it, although he scored 9 runs with the bat.

Today is Karl Crow’s 50th birthday.

Karl Crowe will be the spin bowling coach of Lucknow Super Giants, this news was known for many days but the official information was given on Tuesday by posting it on his 50th birthday.

Coaching Department of Lucknow Super Giants

• Cricket Director- tom moody
• Strategic Advisor- kane williamson
• coach- justin langer
• Assistant Coach- lance klusener
• Bowling coach- Bharat Arun
• Spin bowling coach- Carl Crow.

Lucknow Super Giants will have to buy 6 players in the auction

Lucknow Super Giants have retained and traded 19 players including the most expensive player in IPL history, Rishabh Pant (Rs 27 crore). Lucknow can buy maximum 6 players in the IPL 2026 auction, slots for 4 foreign players are vacant in the squad. LSG has Rs 22.95 crore left in its purse.