Will KL Rahul play for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2025?

Before the IPL 2025 auction, the discussion about the retention and release of players is at its peak. There is constant speculation about Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul that he will leave the team in the next season of IPL.He led Lucknow Super Giants to the playoffs in the first two seasons, but in 2024 the team could not do anything special under his captaincy. Because of this, it is believed that LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka may release him.

Will KL Rahul play for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2025?

• Big differences will be seen in all 10 franchise teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Mega auction is to be held for IPL 2025 and in such a situation, big changes will be seen in the teams. Will KL Rahul now play for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) or not? Who will be the captain of LSG? These tough questions have been answered by the team owner Sanjeev Goenka. There was a commotion between KL Rahul and Sanjeev Goenka after a match in IPL 2024. Since then, there have been continuous reports that KL Rahul may be seen playing for another franchise team in IPL 2025.
• When Sanjeev Goenka was questioned about the list of retained players of LSG and captaincy, he said that there is still time in this and no decision has been taken about it yet. Apart from this, no official decision has been taken on what rules will come regarding retention of franchise teams in IPL. Sanjiv Goenka said that a decision will be taken only after the rules are known. On the decision of captaincy, Goenka said that nothing can be said on it right now.
• In response to the question about KL Rahul, Sanjiv Goenka said that he is and will remain a part of the LSG family. Talking to the media on Wednesday, Sanjiv Goenka said, "KL has been an integral and important part of the LSG family since the beginning. He has played a very important role. He is like family and will remain family."
• Keep in mind that KL Rahul was leading the team since the debut of the Lucknow team in IPL 2022. He led the team to the playoffs under his captaincy in IPL 2022 and IPL 2023. At the same time, the IPL 2024 season was very bad for the Lucknow team, where the team was at number seven.

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Who will be the LSG captain in place of KL Rahul?

KL Rahul joined the Lucknow team in the 2022 season with a contract of Rs 17 crore. Now the question is who will be the captain of the Lucknow Super Giants team in place of KL Rahul. If we look at the statistics, apart from Rahul, there have been only two players of the team, Krunal Pandya and Nicholas Pooran, who have taken over the captaincy in his absence. In such a situation, the question is whether the management of the Lucknow team will bring the captain from within the team, or will any other player take over the command of the team through the mega auction

On May 1, 2023, Rahul suffered a hamstring injury in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, after which KL Rahul was not only out of the IPL, but he could not play for Team India for a long time. He suffered a serious hamstring injury during the IPL, this injury was so serious that he had to undergo surgery on his right thigh.

KL Rahul's performance for LSG

Know how KL Rahul's performance has been as a player for Lucknow Super Giants. In IPL 2022, KL Rahul scored 616 runs in 15 matches at an average of 51.33 and a strike rate of 135.38. At the same time, he got injured in IPL 2023, where he scored 274 runs in 9 matches at an average of 34.25 and a strike rate of 113.22. KL Rahul's performance as a batsman was good in IPL 2024. Then he scored 520 runs in 14 matches at an average of 37.14 and a strike rate of 136.13.

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