KL Rahul captained the Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2024.
During the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, there was some commotion between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain KL Rahul and the owner of this franchise team, Sanjiv Goenka. The Lucknow Super Giants franchise team was added to the IPL in IPL 2022. KL Rahul has captained this franchise team in the last three seasons.
However, since the tussle between Sanjiv Goenka and KL Rahul in the 2024 IPL, there have been constant reports that LSG may release KL Rahul this season. After IPL 2024, some friendly pictures of KL Rahul and Sanjiv Goenka did come, but it seems that everything is not well between these two yet. Through a podcast, KL Rahul has said a lot about Sanjiv Goenka without naming him.
KL Rahul gave a big statement regarding the owner of the IPL team
KL Rahul said in Nikhil Kamat’s podcast, ‘The team owners in IPL come from a business background, they do a lot of research to select the players of the team, but this does not guarantee that you will win every match. You can select the best player according to the data, but it is possible that the year may go completely waste for that player, any player can have to go through bad days in the game.’
Meanwhile, different reports are coming about KL Rahul, where it is claimed that the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team is currently in contact with this batsman and can go after him in the mega auction for IPL 2025.
Talking about IPL 2024, KL Rahul is the most expensive player playing in IPL for India. KL Rahul’s salary is Rs 17 crore. At number two in this case is Rohit Sharma, who plays for Mumbai Indians and his salary is Rs 16 crore.