Not KL Rahul! Lucknow Super Giants Willing To Excercise RTM Card For 35-Year-Old Star All-Rounder At IPL 2025 Auction: Report

The mega auction is set to mark its return for the first time since 2022 ahead of IPL 2025. The deadline for the teams to retain and release their players from the current squad has been assigned on October 31. One of the talking points heading into the retention deadline day is what will happento KL Rahul, given his rumored tumultuous relationship with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). However, it looks like not only will he be released by the franchise, but he will also not be picked up in the auction using the RTM Card.

Not KL Rahul! LSG To Go For Marcus Stoinis In IPL 2025 AuctionAccording to a report by Cricbuzz, Lucknow Super Giants are all set to mutually part ways with KL Rahul, as even the star batter has expressed his interest to leave LSG. This makes way for the franchise i, with the final two being uncapped retentions. The report states that they are not willing to exercise their Right To Match (RTM) card on KL Rahul as well. They are targeting star Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis for their RTM choice. KL Rahul Not Wanted By Zaheer Khan, Justin LangerAccording to a report by The Times of India, according LSG's newly appointed mentor Zaheer Khan and head coach Justin Langer have opined the team has lost almost all matches that KL Rahul has batted long and scored runs in. This is because they want to let go og their “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 close to the proceedings informed the publication."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,” the source added.