The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League will officially have two more teams named Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants. The season begins on March 26 while the final is scheduled for May 29. 2 days ago, Lucknow Super Giants shared a video through the medium of Instagram reels. The video has got more than 75,000 likes at the moment.
The video showed Venkatesh Iyer and Avesh Khan, the young Indian players dancing to the Bollywood song ‘Bijlee’. The video was originally shared by Venkatesh Iyer in collaboration with Kolkata Knight Riders. Fans accused Lucknow Super Giants to copy the video and using it just to get views and engagement on Instagram. Various memes emerged out of the Incident.
Here’s the video shared by the official ID of Lucknow Super Giants:
Here’s what fans commented :
“Aapko hamari taraf se 501 rs.”
“Abhi jaage ho, ye video to purana hai”
“Venkatesh Iyer to Kolkata se hai, tum uska video kyu post kar rahe ho.”
“Chura liya video, venky ne dala tha”
The Lucknow-based franchise will be led by Indian Opener KL Rahul. The franchise’s draft picks were KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, and the leggie Ravi Bishnoi.
The Franchise is positioned in Group A along with Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Rajasthan Royals.
Super Giants are likely to play their first match against Punjab Kings in the 15th edition of IPL. The team will have big names like KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Quinton De Kock, Mark Wood, Marcus Stoinis.
It will be the franchise’s first year in the biggest T20 league in the world. The franchise is owned by the Goenka group. Gautam Gambhir, the former Indian player will remain with the franchise as Mentor.
Lucknow Super Giants full squad for IPL 2022:
KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, Ravi Bishnoi, Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Jason Holder, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Mark Wood, Avesh Khan, Ankit Rajpoot, K Gowtham, Dushmanta Chameera, Shahbaz Nadeem, Manan Vohra, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Karan Sharma, Evin Lewis, Mayank Yadav.