Josh English, Hasaranga and Mukul Choudhary, Lucknow Super Giants spent money lavishly; See full squad

IPL 2026 LSG Squad: The performance of Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2025 was not anything special and that is why there were a lot of expectations from the team in this auction. Even before the auction, Lucknow Super Giants had included Mohammed Shami in their squad through trade.

In this auction, the team was looking for a fast bowler and a lower order batsman, in which it was also successful. At the same time, in the round of unsold players, Lucknow Super Giants made a big bid on Josh English and included him in their squad.

IPL 2026: Lucknow Super Giants spent money on these players

In this auction, Lucknow Super Giants started in a very quiet manner and included Wanindu Hasaranga and Enrique Norkia in their squad at the base price. Apart from this, Lucknow Super Giants also spent a good amount of money for Akshat Raghuvanshi.

At the end of the auction, when Josh English’s name reappeared in the list of unsold players, a fierce bidding war was witnessed between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants. Eventually, Lucknow included Josh English in their squad for Rs 8.60 crore.

IPL 2026: Players purchased from Lucknow Super Giants

Akshat Raghuvanshi (Uncapped) – Rs 2.20 crore

Enrique Norquia (capped) – Rs 2 crore

Josh English (capped) – Rs 8.60 crore

Mukul Choudhary (Uncapped) – Rs 2.60 crore

Naman Tiwari (Uncapped) – Rs 1 crore

Wanindu Hasaranga (capped) – Rs 2 crore

IPL 2026: Lucknow Super Giants squad

Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Bretzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (captain), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh, Mohammed Shami, Arjun Tendulkar, Akshat Raghuvanshi, Enrique Norkia, Josh English, Mukul Chaudhary, Naman Tiwari, Wanindu Hasaranga