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Gujarat “Titans” and Lucknow “Super Giants” IPL updates


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Don’t know what the official names are yet. No updates on branding (or when the names and kits will be unveiled) too. 
 

Will be interesting to see how these two new franchises built their teams.  As for the 3 pre auction picks - KL and Rashid are favorites to go to Lucknow from what I recall reading somewhere maybe on this forum. SDP could head to A’bad (have been suggesting this since a long time as he needs to get out of Mumbai Indians and maybe lead a side). Shastri is or could be A’bad coach iirc.

 

PS Poll added 

 

PPS Lucknow is now Pune Super Giants (01/24) 

 

PPPS Gujarat A'bad Titans (02/09)

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Teams have to announce their 3 players by Jan 31st, just before they head to the auction. 
 

Based on browsing the net (so could be anybody’s guess):

 

Lucknow

Head coach: A Flower 

Mentor: Gambhir 

Captain: KL 

 

A’bad

Head (or bowling) coach: Nehra 

Mentor (or head coach): Kirsten 

Captain: ?

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6 hours ago, Sgattick10 said:

Lol lucknow already handicapped with KL as captain 


North teams have not won an IPL yet as they have tended to self destruct (aided by bad captaincy calls much like how team India suffers many times as well).  Let’s see if anything changes in future. 
 

AMD is owned by CVC capital which is likely to be more $$$ focused with intentions to make a profit by selling the franchise in a few years so CVC could do the minimum for it (though if they act smartly it could be ok). 

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Population of UP is like 235M, which is similar to Pak's (or slightly more than Pak if we take Pak's at 227M) ... If UP were a country, it would be the 5th populous country in the world behind China, Rest of India, USA, and Indonesia, and above Pakistan, which would get pushed down to #6. ... In terms of land area, UP is similar to UK, which is 80th largest country in the world in terms of land area. UK's population is 68M.

 

 

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Since there are 10 teams with 4 international players, teams could struggle to play more than 7-8 good/high quality players in the 11. They may have to do with 2-3 relatively weak ones in the playing 11 esp. if they do not manage the budget well.

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On 1/9/2022 at 4:53 AM, zen said:

Teams have to announce their 3 players by Jan 31st, just before they head to the auction. 
 

Based on browsing the net (so could be anybody’s guess):

 

Lucknow

Head coach: A Flower 

Mentor: Gambhir 

Captain: KL 

 

A’bad

Head (or bowling) coach: Nehra 

Mentor (or head coach): Kirsten 

Captain: ?

KLR is probably negotiating his salary during the SA test series ... seemed quite distracted after the second test 

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3 hours ago, diga said:

KLR is probably negotiating his salary during the SA test series ... seemed quite distracted after the second test 

 
From what I understand, the first pick would get 15 crores. The 2nd, 11 cr. The third, 7 (uncapped 4 cr). That is if a team would pick 3 players which most would aim for.

 

If a franchise pays too much over that it is left with a relatively compromised budget, hindering bids at the auction. If a player is getting too greedy, franchise should see it as a red flag ($$$ a priority so maybe a mercenary mindset) and move on :dontknow:

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6 hours ago, zen said:

 
From what I understand, the first pick would get 15 crores. The 2nd, 11 cr. The third, 7 (uncapped 4 cr). That is if a team would pick 3 players which most would aim for.

 

If a franchise pays too much over that it is left with a relatively compromised budget, hindering bids at the auction. If a player is getting too greedy, franchise should see it as a red flag ($$$ a priority so maybe a mercenary mindset) and move on :dontknow:

I have heard he tried to negotiate 17+cr at KXIP

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