Which team will KL Rahul play for in IPL 2025? Confirmed after meeting the owner in Kolkata!

A mega auction is going to be held before IPL 2025. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has not yet announced the official retention policy. Nevertheless, all the teams have started their preparations. Recently, many reports have surfaced that KL Rahul may leave Lucknow Super Giants. Actually, in the last season, some rift was also seen between Lucknow franchise owner Sanjiv Goenka and Rahul. Amidst all this, a big update related to this issue has come to the fore.

According to a Cricbuzz report, amid discussions about retaining players in the IPL, Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul reached the team's Kolkata office and met owner Sanjiv Goenka. The meeting lasted for about an hour. It is believed that retention was discussed in this meeting. The franchise is reportedly keen to retain KL Rahul in the team.

Let us tell you, KL Rahul has played three seasons for the Lucknow Super Giants team so far, he has been the captain in all of them. Recently, there were also reports that KL Rahul can also join the Royal Challengers Bangalore team before the next season. However, after the meeting between Sanjiv Goenka and KL Rahul, this now seems difficult to happen. RCB has been his old franchise.

Controversy arose in IPL 2024

This meeting between Rahul and Goenka is the first formal conversation after the defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad on 8 May. In fact, during the last season, KL Rahul's team had to face defeat by 10 wickets in a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. After this, Sanjiv Goenka was seen talking angrily to captain KL Rahul near the team dugout for a long time. This behavior of Sanjiv Goenka was criticized a lot. After this, Sanjiv Goenka organized a dinner for KL Rahul.

IPL career of KL Rahul

KL Rahul's IPL career has been quite spectacular. He has scored 4683 runs in 132 matches so far. KL Rahul scored 520 runs in 14 matches last season with a strike rate of over 136 and 4 half-centuries. He has been playing in the IPL since 2013. During this time, he has scored 500+ runs in 6 seasons.