IPL 2023: 5 Players Lucknow Super Giants might release ahead of mini-auction
LSG played some phenomenal cricket in their debut season (2022). But they lost the Eliminator to Royal Challengers Bangalore and got knocked out of the competition.
1. Manish Pandey
LSG picked Manish Pandey at the mega auction 2022 for a sum of INR 4.6 CR to bolster their Indian batting core. The 33-year-old has been around the marquee tournament since its inception and has amassed 3648 runs in 160 matches at a strike rate of 121.52.
The veteran batter is known to provide solidity and the Lucknow franchise would have expected the same from him. However, Manish was nowhere close to his best and struggled to get going. In the six games he played, he could score just 88 runs at a strike rate of 110.00.
The Lucknow side paid a hefty amount for the Indian batter and would have expected more from him. They sidelined Manish following his dismal show and pushed Deepak Hooda up the order. The latter had an incredible season and aggregated 451 runs in 15 games at a strike rate of 136.67.
With Hooda, acing the middle-order role LSG might ponder about releasing Manish ahead of the forthcoming auction.
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