India, March 13 -- Rishabh Pant returns in the colours of Lucknow Super Giants with renewed determination to help the franchise end its wait for an IPL title while also chasing his own first trophy in the league. Pant was roped in by Lucknow last season for a record-breaking INR 27 crore, but the campaign did not unfold the way either the player or the team had hoped. The wicketkeeper batter managed 269 runs in 14 matches, with an unbeaten 118 standing out as his best effort. He finished the season with a strike rate of 133.16, numbers that fell short of the lofty expectations around him as Lucknow ended up seventh on the table.

Ahead of the new season, Lucknow have reshaped their squad by bringing in Wanindu Hasaranga, Anrich Nortje, Jo...