Super Giants shell out more than US$2m for Pooran

KOLKATA, India (CMC):

WEST INDIES superstar batsman Nicholas Pooran has reportedly been re-signed by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) as their first-choice retention for the upcoming 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) season.

According to reports, the 29 year-old wicketkeeper-batsman was recently in the RPSG Group’s office in Kolkata where he reportedly signed with Lucknow for INR 18 crores, which equates to just over US$2 million.

In the 2023 auction, LSG bought Pooran for INR 16 crores following his stint with SunRisers Hyderabad.

“Pooran is committed to LSG, possesses a winning mindset, thinks deep and, above all, he is adaptable to the batting order and any match situation,” said an LSG official.

Pooran had a superb 2024 IPL season, scoring 499 runs, inclusive of 35 boundaries and 36 maximums.

In the recently concluded Caribbean Premier League, the left-handed Trinidadian broke the record for the most T20 runs set in a calendar year.

According to the report, LSG will go into the auction with INR 69 crores after spending INR 51 crores on their five retentions.

After Pooran, the likes of Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan will be the other four players the franchise will keep hold of.