Lucknow Super Giants Set To Part Ways With Captain KL Rahul Ahead of IPL 2025 Mega Auction; Mayank Yadav to Stay

After suffering a heavy defeat at the hands of SRH in Hyderabad on May 8, KL Rahul's continuation as LSG skipper for the remaining two games is uncertain.

By Tasirul Momin

Posted: October 23, 2024
Last updated: February 11, 2025

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Lucknow Super Giants and their captain KL Rahul is likely to end their 3 years relationship ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction with the India international batter to feature in the upcoming Auction.

All the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams have a deadline of 31st October to submit their list of retained players to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the IPL Governing Council.

It is likely that Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul is likely to be excluded from Lucknow’s retention list according to a latest report by the Times of India.

The report states that the new Lucknow Super Giants mentor Zaheer Khan, coach Justin Langer and LSG management feels that Rahul’s intent and lower strike rate has been major cause for concern for the team and resulted in many losses where their captain played longer in the inning.

“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,” a source said to the Times of India on this topic.

Rahul scored 520 runs in 14 innings in the IPL 2024 season with a strike rate of 136.13. He was several times criticized by the fans for his approach. During the season, the whole cricket fraternity also saw LSG owner Sanjeev Goenka and Rahul having an heated argument.

SERIES	MATCHES	RUNS	AVERAGE	STRIKE RATE
IPL 2024	14	520	37.14	136.13

Mayank Yadav set to be retained by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

The same report also adds that Lucknow Super Giants’ new face is set to be retained by the franchise ahead of the mega auction. Mayank shock the whole cricketing fraternity with his sheer speed, bowling consistently over 150 KMPH, which also earned him a India cap in the T20I series vs Bangladesh.

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As a result of his debut for Team India, Lucknow Super Giants can’t retain him as an uncapped player, which would have cost only 4 crore. Now, LSG will have to spend some extra amount to keep hold of their young prodigy.