KL Rahul In IPL 2025 Auction: Not Just Royal Challengers Bengaluru, These 2 Franchises Also Interested To Bid

Ahead of the upcoming edition of the India Premier League (IPL 2025), a mega auction will be held, where several star players would switch their teams and may join other franchises for whopping amounts. This mega auction happens in every 5 years. This time many big players namely KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah may change teams, if franchise owners decide not to retain them. Other teams would surely bid high to get these star performers on their side if an open bid happens for them.

According to media reports, IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) owner Sanjeev Goenka is most likely to release their captain KL Rahul, a wicketkeeper-batsman who also opened innings for LSG in IPL 2024. But this season, something unusual came to light, when LSG boss Sanjeev Goenka was spotted lashing out at KL Rahul on the ground after their team's consecutive defeats.

Since then, speculations started that KL Rahul will no longer play for the Lucknow team, and now reports said that he is in talks with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) top officials. It was also learned that KL Rahul, a Kannada star, may lead the Bengaluru team replacing Faf Du Plessis.

Meanwhile, reports also suggested that except for RCB, Preity Zinta's Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Gautam Adani-owned Gujarat Titans (GT) are also making efforts to get KL Rahul in their team and may also bid high for the star cricketer, if his name comes to open bidding and not player trade.

KL Rahul Stats In IPL:

Star wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul, who led team India on several occasions, has played 132 IPL matches collectively for several IPL teams to notch 4683 runs. His highest score is 132 not out, averaging 45.47. KL Rahul has struck 4 centuries in IPL till now and his strike rate was above 134.