Gautam Gambhir Explains Lucknow Super Giants' Strategy For IPL 2022 Mega Auction

Gautam Gambhir will be among the main brains behind Lucknow Super Giants' strategy at the upcoming IPL mega auction, having joined the newly-formed franchise as team mentor.

Former India batter Gautam Gambhir will be among the main brains behind Lucknow Super Giants' strategy at the upcoming mega auction ahead of the Indian Premier League 2022 (IPL 2022) season, having joined the newly-formed franchise as team mentor. The Lucknow-based team has already snapped up KL Rahul as captain, as well as Marcus Stoinis and Ravi Bishnoi as its draft picks. With many big names available in the upcoming auction, Gambhir and Lucknow Super Giants will be keen put the best team together.

"I think it's a great opportunity to create a legacy and create something which has never been created before. We don't want to copy anyone; we need to have our own template, we need to have our own legacy as well. And what better than when you have no baggage,” said Gambhir in a discussion with journalist Boria Majumdar on his show ‘Backstage with Boria'.

“Sanjiv (Goenka) sir, when he had Pune (franchise), they missed winning the title by one run. So it's going to be a great challenge if we can finish that unfinished business as well but then we can't promise that it's going to happen in one year. It's a long-term prospect as well. It's not going to be something like we are going to think only for this year,” he added.

Gambhir also cited Ravi Bishnoi as the kind of profile the franchise will be looking at in terms of players ahead of its debut season.

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