LSG head coach Justin Langer revealed that their data analyst, Shrinivas, persuaded him to acquire Mukul Choudhary, who scored 54*(27) against KKR. "We saw Mukul...at a training camp a few months ago...Big shout-out goes to Shrinivas...who said, 'Coach, we've got to get this kid'. So we did," Langer said. LSG bought Mukul for ₹2.60 crore at the IPL 2026 auction.