IPL 2022: Lucknow Super Giants unveil logo, design inspired from mythical bird Garuda

The wait is over as Lucknow Super Giants have unveiled their logo ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega auction. The Sanjiv Goenka-owned franchise is one of the two new IPL teams, alongside Ahmedabad. While the name of the team was announced a week ago, on Monday (January 31), the logo was unveiled and fans and pretty impressed with the composition.

Speaking of the design, a bat, which has a ball placed in between, has been given wings. With the Indian Tricolour being the inspiration, the wings have three colours – saffaron, white and green. Explaining the idea behind the design, the franchise said the inspiration has been drawn from ancient Indian mythology. The design of wings is inspired from the mythical bird – Garuda, who’s known for flying swiftly.

Lucknow Super Giants’ brand identity draws inspiration from ancient Indian mythology

“Lucknow Super Giants, India’s newest IF, team’s brand identity draws inspiration from ancient Indian mythology. The mythical bird Garuda- who is a protector and enthroned with the power to move swiftly, has inspired us to create the winged emblem of the team. Garuda is omnipresent in every Indian culture and sub-culture,” said the franchise in a statement.

“The tricolour wings of the entity, symbolically represent Lucknow Super Giants’ Pan -India appeal. The body of the bird has been formed by a blue coloured bat to signify the game of cricket, there is a red ball with an orange seam too. It is like an auspicious Jay tilak’. The identity, as a whole, is endowed with strong positive energy to soar higher and higher and achieve success. Lucknow Super Giants is a team for every Indian. It is a team that unites the nation,” read the statement further.

Meanwhile, the franchise has picked KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis and Ravi Bishnoi in the draft ahead of the players’ auction. Hence, they now have a purse of INR 58 crore to form their remaining team in the auction event. This means the side needs to enter the bidding event with a précised strategy. As far as the backroom staff is concerned, Andy Flower has been roped in as head coach. Gautam Gambhir and Vijay Dahiya will serve the franchise as mentor and assistant coach respectively.