The Indian Premier League will now have other Super Giants as one of the two new entrants in the league, Lucknow has now unveiled their official name and they would be called Lucknow Supergiants.
Rising Pune Supergiants, which played in the IPL in the 2017 and 18 edition of the league as one of the replacement teams alongside Gujarat Lions in place for banned teams Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Riyals, was also owned by RPS Group owner Sanjeev Goenka who now also owns the Lucknow franchise.
Mr Goenka thanked the people for participating in a public opinion campaign run by the new franchise where people were given a chance to suggest the name of the franchise and the owners would then subsequently choose one of the most popular suggestions. The campaign was named #NaamBanaoNaamKamao.
The team has already drafted in KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis and Ravi Bishnoi as pre-signed players ahead of the Mega Auctions 2022 scheduled to take place on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru.