Avesh Khan and Mohsin Khan are among the Lucknow Super Giants players in the initial list to travel to South Africa for training ahead of IPL 2026. Avesh Khan has not played competitive cricket since IPL 2025 due to injury. The upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is three months away, but Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have started their preparations as the franchise plans to send some of their Indian domestic bowlers to South Africa for a special training. After making their IPL debut in 2022, LSG are yet to lift the silverware. According to a Cricbuzz report, LSG plans to send some of its bowlers to the Durban Super Giants camp in the SA20 2025-2026, starting on December 26. Durban Super Giants is owned by Sanjiv Goenka, the owner of the LSG in IPL. The report states that Avesh Khan and Mohsin Khan are on the initial list, with Naman Tiwari also expected to be added. With the SA20 2025-26 starting next week, the Indian cricketers are expected to travel around the same time. None of the mentioned bowlers have contracted with the BCCI. The BCCI does not allow its players to play in franchise leagues outside India. To avoid any breach of protocols, LSG is believed to be getting due permission from the BCCI, the report added. Durban Super Giants are star-studded with the likes of Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram and Sunil Narine among notables. How will training in South Africa help LSG players? The idea of ​​sending the Indian domestic players came after some of them were out of action for a long time due to injuries, especially Mohsin and Avesh. The training with Durban Super Giants will begin their comeback routines under the watchful eyes of Lance Klusener, Tom Moody, Bharat Arun and Carl Crowe. Notably, Moody, Arun and Crowe are also part of the LSG support staff in IPL. Notably, Avesh has not played any kind of cricket since the IPL of the lashes. On the other hand, Mohsin did not play in the last season of IPL. Their time in Durban will help them recover and return to action. As for Tiwari, the Uttar Pradesh bowler was bought by the franchise for ₹1 crore in Abu Dhabi earlier this month. Tiwari is also not part of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. LSG’s full squad for IPL 2026 Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (c), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Rahhi, Avesh Khan, Mohsin, Prins Khan, Mohsin Yadav, Akash Singh. Exchanges: Mohammed Shami (from SRH), Arjun Tendulkar (from MI), Josh Inglis, Mukul Choudhary, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Anrich Nortje, Wanindu Hasaranga, Naman Tiwari.