KL Rahul does not feature in Delhi Capitals' playing XI in their IPL 2025 opener against Lucknow Super Giants.
Delhi Capitals (DC) are currently taking on Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Match No.4 of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) in Visakhapatnam. The Axar Patel-led Delhi Capitals boast several top stars including Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs. and Mitchell Starc. But they will still miss a key player in wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul for the match against LSG.
KL Rahul is absent from the Delhi Capitals playing XI against Lucknow Super Giants reportedly due to the birth of his first child. His wife Athiya Shetty gave birth to a baby girl on Monday. Skipper Axar Patel, however, said that Rahul had joined the team but was still unsure if he would play the game against his former side or not.
“Obviously, he joined the team. We don’t know yet [if he’ll play]. Right now we don’t know if he is available or not,” the all-rounder had said.
KL Rahul led Lucknow Super Giants between 2022 and 2024 and took the franchise to the IPL playoffs in its first two years. In IPL 2024, however, LSG endured a seventh-place finish, winning just seven games (14 points). Rahul was released by the Super Giants ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.
The 32-year-old was acquired by Delhi Capitals for INR 14 crore. Rishabh Pant, the former DC skipper, went the other way to LSG, who acquired him for a whopping amount of INR 27 crore. That made Pant the most expensive player in IPL history.
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Before his stints with LSG and DC, Rahul also played for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PKBS). Between 2020 and 2021, Rahul led PBKS in 27 matches. winning just 11 of those while losing 14. Two matches ended in ties.
Rahul, who made his IPL debut in 2013, has played 132 matches in total, scoring 4,663 runs at a strike rate of 134.61. He has scored 37 fifties and four centuries so far in the tournament.
KL Rahul was part of the Indian team that won the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy after beating New Zealand in the final. He scored 140 runs from five matches in the eight-team tournament.
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