Lucknow Super Giants unveil team's logo ahead of IPL 2022 mega-auction; shares story behind their identity

Ahead of the IPL 2022 Mega Auction, the new franchise 'Lucknow Super Giants' on Monday unveiled their logo and also shared the story behind choosing the logo.

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31 Jan 2022, 12:14 pm

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The countdown for the IPL 2022 mega-auction has begun as the franchises will go into the bidding war on February 12 and 13. Ahead of the IPL 2022 Mega Auction, the new franchise 'Lucknow Super Giants' on Monday unveiled their logo and also shared the story behind choosing the logo. Lucknow Super Giants on Monday took to its Twitter handle and shared the video of their logo with the caption, "Soaring towards greatness". Furthermore, the Lucknow Super Giants also wrote, "Lucknow Super Giants is all set to stretch its wings" adding "Prepare for greatness".

The Lucknow Super Giants also shared the story behind designing the logo of the KL Rahul-led team. In terms of the Lucknow Super Giants Team Logo, the design shows a bat that has a ball placed in between, has been given wings. The wings have been the texture of Tricolour. The Lucknow Super Giants Team Logo was also explained in an official note.

As the Lucknow Super Giants official statement, "Lucknow Super Giants, India’s newest IPL team’s brand identity draws inspiration from ancient Indian mythology. The mythical bird Garuda- who is a protector and enthroned with the power to move swiftly, has inspired us to create the winged emblem of the team. Garuda is omnipresent in every Indian culture and sub-culture,” said the franchise in a statement.

“The tricolour wings of the entity, symbolically represent Lucknow Super Giants’ Pan -India appeal. The body of the bird has been formed by a blue coloured bat to signify the game of cricket, there is a red ball with an orange seam too. It is like an auspicious Jay tilak’. The identity, as a whole, is endowed with strong positive energy to soar higher and higher and achieve success. Lucknow Super Giants is a team for every Indian. It is a team that unites the nation,” read the statement further.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Lucknow Super Giants has picked KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, and Ravi Bishnoi in the draft ahead of the IPL 2022 players’ auction. Hence, they now have a purse of INR 58 crore to form their remaining team in the auction event. As far as the backroom staff is concerned, Andy Flower has been named as head coach. Gautam Gambhir and Vijay Dahiya will serve the franchise as a mentor and assistant coach respectively.

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