The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) were among those teams that let their captain from the previous Indian Premier League season depart as the franchise chose to let KL Rahul go into the auction pool while retaining Nicolas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan. LSG’s decision to let Rahul walk away from the team was not particularly surprising. LSG will go into the IPL 2025 auction with a purse of Rs 69 crore after spending Rs 51 crore to keep hold of five players at the IPL retention deadline. Sanjiv Goenka, LSG’s owner, was straightforward when he revealed the reasons why their decided to retain certain players and let others go. “Keeping it simple was the key.” With @LucknowIPL announcing their retentions for #IPL2025, #LSG owner #SanjivGoenka shares insights into the thinking behind their picks LIVE NOW 👉 #IPLRetentionsOnStar! | #IPLRetentions #TATAIPL2025 #TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/o4rQZfbE7k — Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) October 31, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js “The first retention was an automatic choice and happened within two minutes, that is Nicholas Pooran. We had a very …