The IPL 2022 season was quite successful for the new franchise Lucknow Super Giants. In their debut season, the KL Rahul-led side ended the league table at the no.3 position. However, the jersey of LSG was criticized by fans. The cyan-colored jersey was new to the league, but the kit’s design let fans’ hopes down. Now, for IPL 2023 season, Lucknow Super Giants have unveiled a new jersey. But again, LSG fans are not impressed with it.
Fans troll Lucknow Super Giants’ New Jersey
After just one season, the franchise discarded the cyan color and chose the dark blue color. The main color of the new Lucknow Super Giants jersey is blue with orange and green shades. Sharing the first pics of the new kit, LSG’s Twitter handle wrote, “Naya rang, naya josh, nayi umeed, naya andaaz. (New colors, new enthusiasm, new hope, new style.)”
Today, the jersey was launched by the owner of LSG Sanjiv Goenka, and BCCI secretary Jay Shah. Captain of the team KL Rahul and mentor Gautam Gambhir were also present at the event. In another post on Twitter, Lucknow Super Giants shared the specification of the new jersey.
Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 🔥💙#JerseyLaunch | #LucknowSuperGiants | #LSG pic.twitter.com/rgToOIBp3t
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) March 7, 2023
Many negative reactions from fans popped up after the launch. Some Twitter users called it a copy of the Delhi Capitals’ 2010 jersey. While some feel that the big ‘My11Circle’ logo has ruined the look of the t-shirt. Some fans even called it a downgrade as the previous jersey’s cyan color was unique but IPL has already seen many blue kits. Here are some reactions from fans.
koi Copy nhi bolega pic.twitter.com/v3vL1E3xsR
— ABXD🇮🇳(inactive) (@ABXD_DC) March 7, 2023
Old Jersey >>>>>>>>>>
The current one is looking like old Delhi Daredevils Jersey 😬 pic.twitter.com/Eo84EHo0sh— AJAY (@ajay71845) March 7, 2023
This was better aisa kuch karte pic.twitter.com/m6xuFPk6yh
— Tanay (@tanutd_) March 7, 2023
🐍 presenting the head of snake..what a coincidence.. pic.twitter.com/yLBbdBE5DH
— 𝐀𝐁𝐊 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 ↙️ (@ABKmorningstar) March 7, 2023
LSG Team for IPL 2023
KL rahul will continue to captain the side after a praiseworthy performance as a skipper in 2022. Ahead of the auction, LSG had released only 7 players including key names like Jason Holder and Manish Pandey. In the 2023 IPL auction, Lucknow bought 10 players including Nicholas Pooran for which they spent most of their purse money (16 crore).
LSG Squad for IPL 2023: KL Rahul (c), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Nicholas Pooran, Jaydev Unadkat, Yash Thakur, Romario Shepherd, Daniel Sams, Amit Mishra, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yudhvir Charak.