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KL Rahul has been bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction. Rahul, who has been playing in IPL since 2013, was in Lucknow Super Giants till last year. But this time the franchise did not retain him. Rahul entered the auction and the franchises bid heavily on him. The result was that this time Rahul will be seen in the jersey of Delhi Capitals.
Team India’s batsman KL Rahul has been bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction. Rahul, who has been playing in IPL since 2013, was in Lucknow Super Giants till last year. But this time the franchise did not retain him. Rahul entered the auction and the franchises bid heavily on him. The result was that this time Rahul will be seen in the jersey of Delhi Capitals.
KKR and RCB also bid for Rahul. Both need a captain and apart from Punjab, Rahul has captained Lucknow Super Giants. Both the teams kept increasing Rahul’s bid. Delhi entered in the middle with a price of Rs 11 crore. KKR withdrew at Rs 12 crore and Chennai entered here. Rahul was bought by Delhi in the last bid of Rs 14 crore.
Lucknow franchise entered IPL in the year 2022. Rahul came to this franchise from Punjab Kings and was made the captain. In the very first season he took the team to the playoffs. But the next season he could play only half the season due to injury. He came back in IPL-2024 and captained Lucknow. This year the Lucknow team was not doing well. Meanwhile, the video of Lucknow owner Sanjeev Goenka getting angry at Rahul went viral. In this video it seemed that Sanjeev was shouting loudly at Rahul.
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