West Indies all-rounder Kyle Mayers reached Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) group lodge on Saturday, March 16. Mayers arrived in Lucknow alongside together with his spouse and son, and the trio acquired a grand welcome from the LSG administration. Mayers sporting a black t-shirt, an olive trouser and a black sunglass, with tons of gold jewelry on his neck. Taking to social media, LSG uploaded a video of Mayers arrival.

The franchise welcomed Mayers with a particular tribute to late musician Bappi Lahiri, who was well-known for his love for gold jewelry.

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Mayers, who has been a part of LSG for the previous two seasons, was retained by the franchise forward of the IPL 2024 mini public sale. He made his IPL debut with LSG final season, scoring 379 runs in 13 matches.

LSG went into the IPL Players Auctions 2024 with six slots to fill (two abroad), and a remaining purse of Rs 13.15 crore. The KL Rahul-led aspect acquired the providers of India pacer Shivam Mavi for Rs 6.4 crore.

The Lucknow-based franchise additionally roped in all-rounders Ashton Turner and David Willey for Rs 1 crore and Rs 2 crore, respectively. Amid his latest exploits within the U-19 Asia Cup, LSG purchased uncapped Indian batter Arshin Kulkarni at his base worth of Rs 20 lakh.

For the remaining slots, LSG purchased M Siddharth for Rs 2.4 crore and Mohammad Arshad Khan for Rs 20 lakh.

LSG Pre-Auction Squad: KL Rahul (C), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen ul Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan

Released Players: Jaydev Unadkat, Daniel Sams, Manan Vohra, Swapnil Singh, Karan Sharma, Arpit Guleria, Suryansh Shedge, Karun Nair

Players traded in: Devdutt Padikkal (from Rajasthan Royals)

Players traded out: Avesh Khan (to Rajasthan Royals), Romario Shepherd (to Mumbai Indians)