IPL: Top 5 bowling performances for LSG

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) spent INR 12.20 crore in the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction held in Dubai and bought five bowlers and an all-rounder. Their purchases at the business event indicate that they wanted to provide strength to their bowling unit, which hasn’t performed up to the mark.

Shivam Mavi was their costliest buy in the auction as the pacer was snapped up for INR 6.40 crore. David Willey and Ashton Agar were also picked up by Lucknow for INR 2 crore and 1 crore respectively. 

After reserving the services of these renowned names, Lucknow Super Giants have formed a decent bowling attack as Mark Wood, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan, and Ravi Bishnoi were already vital members of the squad. Witnessing LSG’s squad after the auction, it will be interesting to watch how KL Rahul and his men will perform in the upcoming competition. However, the much-awaited tournament is still a few weeks away so for now, let’s talk about LSG’s top five bowling performances.

Here are LSG’s top five greatest bowling performances:

5. Naveen ul-Haq's 4/38 against Mumbai Indians (MI) in 2023

In the Eliminator game between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, the latter was handed a crushing 81-run defeat. In the massive game, a few things went positive for Lucknow and one of them was Naveen-ul-Haq’s fiery spell.

The Afghanistan speedster bowled four overs in the contest and got the prized scalps of Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green, and Tilak Varma. Naveen’s tight bowling contained MI on 182 but Lucknow batters failed to counter Akash Madhwal’s disciplined bowling and were bundled out on 101 in 16.3 overs.