MUMBAI: One of the two new franchises in the Indian Premier League has been given a name. Lucknow Super Giants was unveiled Monday as the name for the IPL team bought by the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group for a record sum of Rs 7090 crore ($940 million approx.) in October last year.
Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjiv Goenka said the name for his franchise had been finalised based on a crowd-sourced campaign.