In the mega auction of IPL 2025, KL Rahul got 7 times more than his base price. KL Rahul had kept his base price at Rs 2 crore in the auction but he got Rs 14 crore. KL Rahul, who was considered an option for batting and captaincy, was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore.
KL Rahul’s amazing IPL stats
KL Rahul has been one of the most successful batsmen of IPL. KL Rahul was associated with Lucknow Super Giants team from IPL 2022. But he was not successful in helping the team win the title even once, due to which the Lucknow team decided to part ways with him. Let us tell you, KL Rahul made his debut in IPL in the year 2013. Till now he has played 132 matches in IPL and scored 4,683 runs. He has 4 centuries and 37 half-centuries in his name in IPL. Apart from this, Rahul has also scored more than 500 runs in 6 seasons. Last season also he was successful in scoring 520 runs.
Controversy arose in IPL 2024
In fact, in the last season, there was some rift between Lucknow franchise owner Sanjeev Goenka and Rahul. In a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, KL Rahul’s team had to face defeat by 10 wickets. After this, Sanjeev Goenka was seen talking angrily to captain KL Rahul near the team dugout for a long time. This behavior of Sanjeev Goenka was criticized a lot. After this Sanjeev Goenka had organized a dinner for KL Rahul.
