Former West Indies wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran now tops the list of batters with the most runs for Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League. Pooran, who was retained by LSG for Rs 21 crore ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, needed 8 runs in the IPL 2026 match between LSG and Gujarat Titans at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday, April 12, to go past KL Rahul’s tally of 1410 runs and take the No. 1 position in the list of batters with most runs for the Lucknow-based franchise in the IPL. He achieved the objective on the second ball of the 14th over of LSG’s innings bowled by Rashid Khan.
Pooran was batting on 6 runs when he smashed Rashid for a six on the second ball of the 14th over.
The ongoing match in Lucknow is Pooran‘s 47th
IPL game for the Lucknow Super Giants. He has scored 10 half-centuries so far for them, and his best score is 87 not out.
Most runs for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
| PLAYER | YEARS | MATCHES | INNINGS | RUNS | BEST SCORE | 100/50 |
| Nicholas Pooran | 2023-2026* | 47* | 47 | 1415* | 87* | 0/10 |
| KL Rahul | 2022-2024 | 38 | 38 | 1410 | 103* | 2/10 |
| Ayush Badoni | 2022-2026* | 60* | 50 | 1038 | 74 | 0/7 |
| Marcus Stoinis | 2022-2024 | 40 | 39 | 952 | 124* | 1/5 |
| Quinton de Kock | 2022-2024 | 30 | 30 | 901 | 140* | 1/7 |
