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Pant was signed for ₹27 crore by LSG in the IPL 2025 mega auction on Jeddah and became the most expensive player in the IPL.
For the first three seasons of IPL, another star-batter KL Rahul led LSG, leading the franchise to the playoffs in their first two years. However, the franchise finished seventh on the table in 2024.
Ahead of the IPL 2025 auction in November 2024, LSG retained five players: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan.
This is the second franchise where Pant will be captain. Earlier, opted to head back into the auction after failed talks with Delhi Capitals, said the report.
Pant represented DC from 2016 and took over their captaincy from IPL 2021. Except for the 2023 season, when he was out injured after his life-threatening car crash in December 2022, he was the skipper all through.
In the revamped LSG squad, Pant will have the support of overseas batters David Miller, Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram, and Indian seamers Akash Deep and Avesh Khan, among others.
He will also work closely with head coach Justin Langer and new team mentor Zaheer Khan. Recently, Pant interacted with on and off on the sidelines of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia with Langer.
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