IPL Auction 2025: KL Rahul acceptable to play for Delhi Capitals aft being bought for Rs 14 crore. (BCCI)
IPL Auction 2025: KL Rahul was bought by the Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore astatine the IPL Mega Auction connected Sunday. Four teams seemed to beryllium each successful for the erstwhile skipper of Lucknow Super Giants but DC had the past laugh.
Kolkata Knight Riders opened the bidding for Rahul astatine his basal terms of Rs 2 crore earlier RCB jumped in. The Bengaluru franchise dropped retired astatine the Rs 10.75 crore mark. Chennai Super Kings was the different squad successful contention earlier Capitals zeroed successful connected the 32-year-old.
Although past play determination seemed to person seen a dip successful Rahul’s performance, his records successful the tourney are not to beryllium ignored. The classy yet explosive opener boasts a full of 4683 runs successful the tournament, playing with a onslaught complaint of 134.61. He has 4 centuries to his sanction and a precocious people being 132* successful 2020, the play successful which helium besides won the Orange Cap.
Though out-of-favour from the Indian broadside successful T20Is, Rahul has amassed 2265 runs successful planetary colours, with a onslaught complaint of 139.12 and 2 centuries to his name.
After being connected the receiving extremity of disapproval for a precise agelong time, Rahul bounced backmost successful the archetypal Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy by scoring a match-defining 77 successful the 2nd innings successful Perth connected Sunday. Rahul forged the archetypal 200-plus opening basal for India successful Australia.