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IPL 2025: File picture of KL Rahul.© BCCI/IPL
KL Rahul’s exit from Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) forward of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega public sale was adopted up by feedback from LSG proprietor Sanjiv Goenka stating that he needs gamers who put the staff earlier than private milestones. Now, after shopping for KL Rahul for INR 14 crore within the public sale, Delhi Capitals (DC) co-owner Parth Jindal has said that the franchise would bathe him with the “love and respect he deserves”. A number of social media handles are seeing this as an oblique jab at somebody.
“I have known KL (Rahul) personally for a long time and he is a good friend of mine. He thrives with love and respect and I am going to give him the love and respect he deserves,” stated Jindal, in an interview to RevSportz.
“I believe a class player is always a class player… I hope he thrives in our atmosphere and does it for Delhi, wins an IPL,” Jindal additional stated.
Rahul had parted methods with LSG after three years as captain of the franchise. LSG did not qualify for the playoffs in IPL 2024, with an animated chat between Goenka and Rahul making headlines after an embarrassing loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).
Jindal candidly confessed that each Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer have been additionally on DC’s radar as a consequence of them coming first within the public sale, and that they needed to resort to signing Rahul as soon as they could not get each Pant and Iyer.
“When we were discussing our auction strategy, the first lot was Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer. Obviously, we thought that if we can get one of those players, one of them being the Indian marquee batter, then we will not have the budget for KL. But we lost both and went to the auction knowing that we might lose both because Punjab, LSG or RCB had more money than us. Then, who is the next-best batter? KL Rahul was right up there,” Jindal stated.
Rahul can also be the favorite to turn into DC’s new captain, though the likes of Axar Patel and Faf du Plessis could also be within the working.
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