The 2026 season was Lucknow Super Giants' fifth appearance in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the ten cricket teams that competed in the 2026 IPL. Rishabh Pant captained the team, and Justin Langer coached it.
Lucknow Super Giants were the first team eliminated from the 2026 IPL and finished the season last (tenth) with four wins from 14 matches. Mitchell Marsh scored the most runs (563) while Prince Yadav took the most wickets (16) for Lucknow in the 2026 season.
Pre-season
The 2026 Indian Premier League was the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league held in India and organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Lucknow Super Giants are one of the three active franchises to not have won the IPL title yet. The team finished in seventh place in the previous season. The tournament featured ten teams competing in 74 matches from 28 March to 31 May 2026. Lucknow played all their home matches at Ekana Cricket Stadium.
Player retention Franchises were allowed to retain any number of players from their squad, including traded players while excluding players signed as temporary replacements. Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 15 November 2025. Lucknow retained nineteen players, including captain Rishabh Pant. Lucknow traded in Mohammed Shami from Sunrisers Hyderabad and Arjun Tendulkar from Mumbai Indians. Lucknow also traded Shardul Thakur to Mumbai.
+ Retained players Domestic Overseas Shahbaz Ahmed Ayush Badoni Avesh Khan Mohsin Khan Arshin Kulkarni Rishabh Pant Digvesh Rathi Abdul Samad Mohammed Shami Manimaran Siddharth Akash Singh Himmat Singh Arjun Tendulkar Mayank Yadav Prince Yadav Matthew Breetzke Aiden Markram Mitchell Marsh Nicholas Pooran + Released players Batters Wicket-keepers All-rounders Bowlers David Miller Aryan Juyal Yuvraj Chaudhary Rajvardhan Hangargekar Shardul Thakur Ravi Bishnoi Akash Deep Shamar Joseph Will O'Rourke
Auction The season's auction took place on 16 December 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The auction purse for each franchise was set at , with franchises being deducted an amount from the purse for every retained player. Lucknow had a purse remaining of . Lucknow bought six players in the auction, including three capped overseas players.
+ Auctioned players Domestic Overseas Capped Uncapped Capped Uncapped Mukul Choudhary Naman Tiwari Akshat Raghuwanshi Wanindu Hasaranga Anrich Nortje Josh Inglis
Squad Players with international caps as of the start of the 2026 IPL are listed in bold. Ages are as of . Withdrawn players are indicated by a dagger symbol () and placed at the bottom of the table.
+ Lucknow Super Giants squad for the 2026 Indian Premier League Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Salary Notes 1 Abdul Samad Right-handed Right-arm leg break 3 Ayush Badoni Right-handed Right-arm off break 6 Avesh Khan Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 11 Mohammed Shami Right-handed Right-arm fast 17 Rishabh Pant Left-handed Captain 18 Matthew Breetzke Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas 20 Anrich Nortje Right-handed Right-arm fast Overseas 21 Shahbaz Ahmed Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 24 Arjun Tendulkar Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 25 Prince Yadav Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 29 Nicholas Pooran Left-handed Overseas 30 Manimaran Siddharth Right-handed Left-arm orthodox 33 Arshin Kulkarni Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 36 Naman Tiwari Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 44 Mayank Yadav Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 45 Akshat Raghuwanshi Right-handed Right-arm off break 47 Mohsin Khan Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 69 Himmat Singh Right-handed Right-arm off break 72 Akash Singh Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 74 Digvesh Rathi Right-handed Right-arm leg break 94 Aiden Markram Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas 95 Josh Inglis Right-handed Overseas Mukul Choudhary Right-handed George Linde Left-handed Left-arm orthodox Overseas; replacement 8 Mitchell Marsh Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas; withdrawn 49 Wanindu Hasaranga Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas; withdrawn
Support staff Abhay Sharma replaced Jonty Rhodes as the fielding coach while Matthew Mott joined as the batting coach and Bharat Arun and Carl Crowe joined as bowling coaches. Vijay Dahiya and Zaheer Khan left the squad from their roles.
Position Name Head coach Justin Langer Assistant coach Lance Klusener Batting coach Matthew Mott Bowling coach Bharat ArunCarl Crowe Fielding coach Abhay Sharma Source: News18
League stage Lucknow Super Giants began their season with a loss to Delhi Capitals and two wins against Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders. They lost their next 6 matches to Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata and Mumbai. They won their next match against Bengaluru but lost to Chennai Super Kings and were eliminated from the 2026 season. They won their next match against Chennai but lost their last two matches of the season to Rajasthan and Punjab to finish the league stage at the last place with eight points.
Points table
League progression
Fixtures
Statistics
+ Most runs Runs Player 563 Mitchell Marsh 312 Rishabh Pant 266 Josh Inglis 234 Nicholas Pooran 231 Aiden Markram + Most wickets Wickets Player 16 Prince Yadav 12 Mohammad Shami 11 Mohsin Khan 6 Manimaran Siddharth Avesh Khan
References
External links
Lucknow Super Giants at IPLT20.com