A big news to KL Rahul has come out before IPL 2026. Kolkata Knight Riders is thinking about trading KL Rahul. The Indian Premier League (IPL) Champion Kolkata Knight Riders before the next year’s season, Delhi Capitals Is preparing to do a high-profile trades from.
Rahul, who captained Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for three seasons from 2022 to 2024, during the mega auction in Saudi Arabia before IPL 2025 Delhi Capitals Had bought for Rs 14 crore. According to a media report, Shah Rukh Khan’s co-owned franchise is showing great interest in this opener of India and has already contacted this cricketer.
Rahul, who made his IPL debut in 2013, has been performing brilliantly with the bat from the 2018 season and is one of the most soughtful players in this cash-rich league. In the last eight years, Rahul has scored more than 600 runs in four seasons and more than 500 runs three times. The only year when he could not show amazing with his bat, it was 2023.
In the recently concluded IPL 2025, Rahul scored 539 runs in 13 matches with a century and three half -centuries and he is once again on the radar of several teams. Ever since KKR broke the 2024 IPL winner Captain Shreyas Iyer, it has become a challenge to find an appropriate candidate for the KKR management.
During the IPL 2025 mega auction, KKR spent 23.75 crores on Venkatesh Iyer, rather than spending money on a player with good captaincy records. KKR appointed Ajinkya Rahane as captain for IPL 2025 and under his captaincy he was out of the league stage. If Rahul joins the Kolkata franchise, Rahul can be made captain in KKR. Another reason for KKR showing interest in Rahul is to former India’s former assistant coach Abhishek Nair. This former Mumbai veteran has worked with Rahul during his tenure in India. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see that if this trade happens, then on which value it happens.
