Lucknow Super Giants, which has played almost half the matches in the league stage of IPL 2026, is in trouble. This team, captained by Rishabh Pant, has so far been able to register only 2 wins in 6 matches and is at ninth position in the points table. One of the main reasons for the failure of the LSG team has been the flop of the star batsmen. Rishabh Pant and Nicholas Puran are also among these flop players, who are taking a total salary of Rs 50 crore this season.

50 crores wasted

According to Cricbuzz, former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull, while enumerating the shortcomings of the Lucknow Super Giants team, said that having three foreign players in the top-5 has been the biggest mistake of LSG. He said that Aiden Markram has played 2-3 good innings, while Mitchell Marsh has not been very successful. Whereas Nicholas Puran, who took Rs 23 crore, has not done anything. If we look at the statistics, Puran has so far been able to score only 51 runs in 6 matches and his average has been 8.50.

Simon Doull also criticized Rishabh Pant fiercely. He said that Pant has done nothing in the entire season except winning just one match for Lucknow. The veteran New Zealand cricketer said that LSG has spent Rs 50 crore on only 2 players. The team spent half the purse on two players, but no one is doing the work of winning the match. Puran gets Rs 23 crore and Rishabh Pant gets Rs 27 crore.

performance so far

Nicholas Pooran has scored 51 runs in 6 innings this season at an average of only 8.50. Whereas Rishabh Pant has scored 147 runs in 6 innings this season. Barring the inning of 68 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Pant has also not done anything special in IPL 2026. Lucknow is currently at ninth position in the table.

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IPL 2026 is going to start on March 28 with the Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad match. Big players from many countries including India, Australia and England will be seen playing in the tournament. The most expensive player in the mini auction of IPL 2026 was Cameron Green, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 25.20 crore, but he will not be the most expensive player of IPL 2026.

Most expensive batsman and captain Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant is the most expensive player in IPL history till now. Lucknow Super Giants bought him for Rs 27 crore in the 2025 mega auction. He is not only the most expensive batsman of IPL 2026 but also the most expensive captain. Last season, Lucknow team stood seventh in the points table. This time LSG will hope for better performance under the captaincy of Pant.

Who is the most expensive bowler?

If we look at any player who can bowl, then the most expensive player of IPL 2026 is Cameron Green, who will get a salary of Rs 25.20 crore from KKR. But Green is a batting all-rounder.

Talking about a regular bowler, Arshdeep will be the most expensive bowler in IPL 2026, who will get a salary of Rs 18 crore from Punjab Kings. Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins will also get the same amount of money for playing in IPL 2026.

How much money will Virat and Rohit get?

India’s two legendary players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are also among the highest paid players in the season. Former Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli will get a salary of Rs 21 crore in the 2026 season. Whereas Mumbai Indians had retained Rohit Sharma for Rs 16.30 crore.

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