There have been rumors that Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are planning a business for wicketkeeper-team KL Rahul, ahead of IPL 2026 after their disappointing 2025 campaign.
However, Delhi’s capitals (DCs) are unlikely to alleged the star batter, given the team’s importance.
In the IPL, trades and players are a regular part of the release off-season, with high-profile names or unexpected deal draws major attention.
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Teams can trade a week before the auction. There is also another window after the auction that continues until a month before the next season.
The franchisees can interact through either all-cach agreements or player-player swaps, it depends on what is the best for their roster-beding strategy.
KKR face leadership forgetable ipl 2025 after zero
Kolkata Knight Riders had a forgetful IPL 2025. He entered the season as a defending champion, but finished eighth in 14 matches with only five wins. Veteran batsman Ajinkya Rahane had an impact with the bat, but the team was inconsistent throughout the tournament.
In particular, Rahane recently stepped down from the captaincy duties for Mumbai in domestic cricket, raising doubts about his desire to continue as KKR skipper.
The franchise will need to find a captain and a reliable wicketkeeper-better. Quinton de Coke ended a bad season with the bat, managing just 152 runs in eight outings. He also lacked strong domestic wicketkeeping options.
KL Rahul hit one of the best strike rate of his career in IPL 2025
KL Rahul did an impressive outing with Delhi’s capitals in IPL 2025. The right -handed batsman scored 539 runs in 13 innings at a strike rate of 149.72, his highest strike rate in the IPL campaign since 2018, including a century and three half -centuries.
Rahul also became the fastest player to reach 5,000 runs in IPL history. He has scored 5,222 runs from 145 IPL matches, which include five centuries and 40 half -centuries at a strike rate of 46.21 and 136.03.
The 33 -year -old captained the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for the first three sessions, but was surprisingly released before the 2025 mega auction. Delhi Capital achieved its services during the mega auction.
Rahul scored 2,265 runs in 72 T20s at a strike rate of 139.12 with two centuries and 22 fifties. His final presence for India in the format came in the 2022 World Cup semi -finals against England.
Delhi’s capitals did not like the possibility of leaving KL Rahul amidst trade buzz
Rohit Juglan, a journalist of Revsportz, dismissed KL Rahul’s possible step about Kolkata Knight Riders’ possible step. He said that Delhi had no intention of business.
“KL Rahul, who is being associated with KKR, is not a certainty at this time. I have talked to some people in Delhi, and honestly, I did not get any indication that Rahul is moving forward in some way towards KKR. There is nothing now. If something comes, we will talk for the bus.”
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