Rahul has been LSG’s captain since the inception of the team in 2022 and is their highest run accumulator by quite some margin.
The deadline for announcing your retention list for IPL 2025 is October 31, and don’t be surprised KL Rahul isn’t found on it. The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) don’t want to retain their captain before the mega auction. LSG management, their mentor Zaheer Khan, and head coach Justin Langer have decided that Rahul hasn’t been pulling his weight when it comes to batting and that his intent and strike rate are an issue. However, LSG will look to retain Mayank Yadav. No longer an uncapped player, the speedster will cost Lucknow at least Rs 11 crore, but they are willing to invest in the pacer.
“The LSG management, including mentor Zaheer Khan and coach Justin Langer, has analysed his stats and it has emerged that the team has almost lost all matches where KL has batted long and scored runs. That indicates that his strike rate doesn’t match the momentum of the game. With the Impact Player rule, the scores are getting higher. You can’t afford to have someone taking so much time at the top of the order,” IPL sources told the Times of India.
“Mayank is LSG’s find. They invested in him when no one knew of him and he has shown what kind of impact he can have on a match,” IPL sources added.
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