After so much hype, the Sanjeev Goenka-owned IPL franchise has been named the Lucknow Supergiants. Previously, in 2016 and 2017, the Rising Pune Supergiant franchise played in the IPL. They had the same owners. Many fans expected the Goenka group to name the Lucknow-based franchise in a similar way, and it happened exactly the same. The only different is that there is no word before the city name, but the second word is Supergiants.
In 2016, the Rising Pune Supergiants debuted under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Incidentally, even the first captain of Lucknow Supergiants is an Indian wicket-keeper batter. The team has named KL Rahul as their first captain. Another coincidence is that Dhoni played for a team having Kings in their title before moving to Supergiants, and even Rahul played for a team having Kings in their name before switching to Goenka-owned franchise.
Fans should note that after failing to qualify for the playoffs in 2016, the Goenka group renamed the franchise as Rising Pune Supergiant. It will be interesting to see if the name of the Lucknow-based franchise remains Supergiants or Supergiant in the coming days. Apart from captain KL Rahul, the team has also signed Australia’s star all-rounder Marcus Stoinis and uncapped leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi.
The head coach of this team is former Zimbabwe cricketer Andy Flower. The mentor is Gautam Gambhir, whereas Vijay Dahiya is the assistant coach.
How Twitterati reacted to Lucknow Supergiants name
The Lucknow Supergiants has received mixed reactions from fans on Twitter. Here’s how the cricket universe reacted:
And here it is,
— Lucknow Super Giants (@TeamLucknowIPL) January 24, 2022
Our identity,
Our name…. 🤩🙌#NaamBanaoNaamKamao #LucknowSuperGiants @BCCI @IPL @GautamGambhir @klrahul11 pic.twitter.com/OVQaw39l3A
From #Rising_Pune_Super_Giants to #Lucknow_Super_Giants … @TeamLucknowIPL#IPL @rpsggroup @GautamGambhir @klrahul11 https://t.co/1zi8gLVhpn pic.twitter.com/NAQf5RBtU2
— Mayank Pandey 🇮🇳 (@MayankP44023549) January 24, 2022
Lucknow Super Giants 👀#LucknowFranchise #LucknowSuperGiants pic.twitter.com/uyEhGB3hrh
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) January 24, 2022
#LucknowIPLTeam has been named as “Lucknow Super Giants”.
— 𝙰𝚔𝚍𝚊𝚜 𝙷𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚝 (@Akdas_Hayat) January 24, 2022
Meanwhile Rising Pune Supergiant : pic.twitter.com/HPpz1KW26m
RPSG Group in IPL:
— Rajesh Khilare (@Cricrajeshpk) January 24, 2022
2016 Pune Team – Rising Pune Supergiants
2022 Lucknow Team – Lucknow Super Giants#IPL2022 #CricketTwitter
“Lucknow Super Giants” is the Name of Lucknow IPL franchise.
— CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) January 24, 2022
**Lucknow IPL team will be called the Lucknow Super Giants **
— UmderTamker (@jhampakjhum) January 24, 2022
People who know about Rising Pune Supergiants RN : pic.twitter.com/LFIj1KzU2y
Sanjiv Goenka be like:
— ℳ𝓇.𝒜🏏 (@cricdrugs) January 24, 2022
Lucknow Super Giants pic.twitter.com/uTDbmSOZX1
What Next 😐💕?
— वैभव कनौजिया 🇮🇳 (@Vaibhav_v3) January 24, 2022
Lucknow Super Giants ?
Team Jersey kya ? pic.twitter.com/WX3sTb6xPB
Lucknow Supergiants owner said, “we conducted a poll to decide the name of the franchise, we received overwhelming response and the most popular name came out was Lucknow Supergiants”. (On Backstage with Boria).
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 24, 2022
All this for Lucknow Super Giants? And then to remove an ‘s’ in the second year? 🤣 #LucknowSuperGiants
— S. Sudarshanan (@Sudarshanan7) January 24, 2022
