Lucknow Super Giants have released KL Rahul ahead of the IPL 2025 auction. After leading the team in multiple seasons, the keeper-batter will now go under the hammer in the auction that will take place in late November. RCB fans are more than happy to welcome Rahul to their side for the next season and they didn’t waste any opportunity in conveying it to Rahul.
Fans want KL Rahul in RCB for IPL 2025
InsideSport was a part of the audience for IND vs NZ 3rd Test in Wankhede stadium in Mumbai where a section of fans started imploring KL Rahul to join RCB. The crowd broke into chants of “Rahul RCB” while he was fielding near the boundary ropes. Interestingly, KL Rahul admitted recently that he wouldn’t mind returning to RCB once again.
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RCB are in desperate need for an Indian skipper with Faf du Plessis not being retained ahead of IPL 2025 auction. Reports indicated that ViraT Kohli might be handed the captaincy again. However, RCB director Mo Bobatt has ruled out that option. In comes KL Rahul who could solve more than just one problem for RCB. The Karnataka star can be a wicketkeeper, top-order batter and captain simultaneously, providing the team with the space to add more batters or bowlers to their XI. In addition to this, KL Rahul has a decent record as a captain in IPL, enjoying a win percentage of 48.43%.
| Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | No result | Win% |
| 64 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48.43 |
KL Rahul’s departure from LSG comes as no surprise especially after he was schooled publicly by franchise owner Sanjeev Goenka following the thrashing at the hands of SRH in IPL 2024. Although the two claimed that everything was fine between them, there was no call taken on Rahul’s retention until late October.
