My aim is to get back into the T20 team: KL Rahul wants IPL 2025 to catapult him into India setup

“I’ve been retired of the T20 squad for a while, and I cognize wherever I basal arsenic a subordinate and what I request to bash to get back. So, I look guardant to this IPL play to springiness maine that level to bask my cricket and play the mode I privation to,” helium added.

Rahul was not retained by the Lucknow Super Giants and volition spell into the auction excavation successful the IPL Mega Auction acceptable to instrumentality spot connected November 24-25.

The LSG franchise finished 3rd successful the 2022 and 2023 seasons nether Rahul. But Lucknow could not marque its mode into the play-offs past play which mightiness person added to the skipper’s non retention.

“I felt similar I wanted to commencement fresh, I wanted to research my options and I wanted to spell and play wherever I could find immoderate state and wherever the squad ambiance volition beryllium somewhat lighter, overmuch much balanced,” Rahul said successful the aforesaid interaction.

Meanwhile, Rahul, who is successful enactment to unfastened India’s innings arsenic an opener if skipper Rohit Sharma misses retired of the 1st Test successful the upcoming Australia series, suffered an wounded scare during a lucifer simulation league astatine the WACA successful Perth connected Friday morning.

The 32-year-old Rahul opened the batting with Yashasvi Jaiswal arsenic India made their imaginable plans to regenerate Rohit successful the archetypal Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test against Australia astatine the Perth Stadium starting successful a week.

According to reporters astatine the venue, Rahul was deed connected his close beneath disconnected a bumpy abbreviated transportation from seamer Prasidh Krishna. Though helium tried to resume his batting aft immoderate assistance from the physio, Rahul decided to locomotion disconnected the field.