Sanjeev Goenka can change the name of his team. (Photo-PTI)
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) owner Sanjeev Goenka has decided to change the name of his team. His team will be known by a new name in the next season. There is also talk of changing the color of the jersey of this team. The LSG performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 was very poor and it was out of the first round. Now the team’s owner has decided to change the name of its team, but they are not going to change the name of LSG, but will change the name of Manchester Originals, the franchise of England’s The Handred League. He has bought a 70 percent stake of this franchise.
Manchester originals will change the name!
Sanjeev Goenka, the new owner of Manchester Originals, franchise of England’s The Hundred League, is going to change the name of this team. According to cricbing reports, in this league in the year 2026, this team will land to play in the field in the name of Manchester Super Giants. Sanjeev Goenka, owner of Lucknow Super Giants and Durban Super Giants, has bought a 70 percent stake in Manchester Originals.
According to reports, his company RPSG Group bought a 70 percent stake of this team in Manchester on Thursday 24 July for Rs 935 crore. Now there is talk of changing the color of the jersey of this team. The color of this team’s jersey was still black, which can be converted into blue color.
Now Jose Butler will play in Sanjeev Goenka’s team
Jose Butler, who plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2025, plays for Manchester Originals in the Hundred League. The team also includes Phil Soult, Henriqus Klassen and James Anderson, while the women’s team plays Sophie Aclestone, Beth Muni, Amelia Kerr and Diendra Dotin from the team. This team won the title of this league in the year 2022, while in the year 2023 this team was runner -up. However, the women’s team has not been able to make a place in the playoffs of this league yet.
What did Sanjeev Goenka say?
After purchasing Manchester Originals, Sanjeev Goenka said that we respect Lancasome cricket. Manchester emerginals welcome their RPSG family. He said that we will have a good relationship with the players and the partner team.
On the other hand, James Sheridan, president of Manchester Originals, says that partnership with the RPSG group means that they will take this team to a lot of height like LSG. He said that we want to provide an experience to our cricket fans that have never been seen in English cricket before. However, according to reports, no official statement has come from the Lancasher Cricket Club in this case.
