India, March 22 -- Lucknow Super Giants are one of the three teams in the Indian Premier League who are yet to get their hands on the trophy, and head into the 2026 season with a rebrand and the hopes of forming a new identity. They possess an incredibly powerful squad, one with all the batting talent in the world, and it is about making that unit click - but there will be serious questions over the form of several of their players.

Amongst these are captain Rishabh Pant, needing a bounce-back after a horror 2025 season. But also in the list is West Indian batter Nicholas Pooran, who had a hot-and-cold campaign last time out, and now enters the season with not a lot of runs under his belt.

Having retired from international cricket in 20...