All Indian fans are eagerly waiting for the Indian Premier League 2025 tournament. Many great players will be auctioned in the mega auction of this important tournament. All franchises will also have to announce the list of their retained and released players as soon as possible. All the fans will also have their eyes on the retained players of Lucknow Super Giants.

For quite some time now, reports have been coming out that Lucknow Super Giants franchise may release KL Rahul before the upcoming season. In fact, under the captaincy of KL Rahul, the performance of Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League 2024 was very poor. The team could not secure its place in the playoffs of the 2024 season. However, Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjeev Goenka has confirmed that Rahul will be retained.

According to the report of NDTV Sports, Lucknow Super Giants is looking to use the Right to Match card in the auction but Rahul’s name is not in this list. The report believes that the Right to Match card can be used for Australia’s lethal all-rounder Marcus Stoinis.

KL Rahul expressed his desire to play in the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in the IPL 2025 season.

Let us tell you that, KL Rahul is with Lucknow Super Giants since the 2022 season. Under his captaincy, the team had secured its place in the playoffs for the 2022 and 2023 seasons. However, due to the disappointing performance in 2024, Sanjeev Goenka and Rahul were seen having a serious conversation about something. Many fans also believed that Royal Challengers Bangalore can include Rahul in their team in the 2025 season.

Let us tell you, KL Rahul has played for Royal Challengers Bangalore team in 2013 and 2016 seasons. According to the report, if KL Rahul’s name is also included in the IPL 2025 auction, then the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise can make a big bid on him and include him in their team.