The deadline for announcing your retention list for IPL 2025 is October 31, and don’t be surprised KL Rahul isn’t found on it. The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have decided not to retain their captain before the mega auction.
LSG management, their mentor Zaheer Khan, and head coach Justin Langer have decided that Rahul hasn’t been pulling his weight when it comes to batting and that his intent and strike rate are an issue.
Rahul joined the franchise ahead of IPL 2022 and captained them till last season. The Super Giants reached the playoffs in 2022 and 2023 before finishing seventh this year.
“The LSG management, including mentor Zaheer Khan and coach Justin Langer, analysed his stats and it has emerged that the team has almost lost all matches where KL has batted long and scored runs. That indicates that his strike rate doesn’t match the momentum of the game. With the Impact Player rule, the scores are getting higher. You can’t afford to have someone taking so much time at the top of the order,” IPL sources told TOI.
However, LSG has not ruled out the possibility of bidding for him at the auction.
