Revealed: Why Lucknow IPL team has same name as earlier Pune team

The new boys of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Lucknow franchise on Monday announced their official name on Twitter. Ending weeks of speculation, the Lucknow based franchise revealed their identity as 'Lucknow Super Giants'. 

While the new franchise made their announcement, many fans were left wondering why the new Lucknow franchise's name is similar to that of the now-defunct Rising Pune Super Giants. Well, for the unversed, Sanjiv Goenka-owned RPSG group, who won the bid for Lucknow IPL franchise were also the owners of Rising Pune Super Giants. 

The Pune based franchise was bought into the fore, once Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were barred from participating in the IPL. Subsequently, two new franchises, Rising Pune Super Giants and Gujarat Lions were given entry into the IPL but were disbanded once the old franchises returned. 

Now, with two new IPL franchises set to enter the fray once again, the cash-rich league will now become a 10-team affair. While RPSG group bought the Lucknow franchise for a whopping INR 7090 crores, CVC Capital Partners won the bid for the Ahmedabad franchise for a sum of INR 5635 crores. 

Moreover, fans on Twitter were not too pleased with Sanjiv Goenka's decision to have a similar name to that of the old Pune franchise. Some fans wrote that the management could have at least used a little more creativity since they even ran a contest online for the franchise's new name. Others posted hilarious memes on the situation. 

Here's how Twitter reacted to Lucknow Super Giants' identity reveal:

& u did a fake Contest about team's naamkaran just to increase reach

Anyway the last 's' will be gone after 1 year along with KL's captaincy

— Tanmoy Chakraborty (@Tanmoycv01) January 24, 2022

what fans were what they actually
Expecting got pic.twitter.com/Wn8jsbi8jV

— sudhanshu' (@whoshud) January 24, 2022

All that drama to ask the fans to participate in the contest only to go back to the old name

— Aditya (@Adityakrsaha) January 24, 2022

Bas 2016 Pune Supergiant ki performance repeat mat karna baaki it's fine

— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) January 24, 2022

I spent half my working day. Learnt everything about RPSG businesses. Wrote 7 creative names, used email IDs of my entire family to submit them just to find out that this is your team name. Just Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V & edit. Itna low effort toh 2021 ki graduation batch bhi nahi thi

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) January 24, 2022