With India’s victory, the Champions Trophy ended 2025. He won the title by defeating New Zealand in the final match at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday 9 March. After the end of the Champions Trophy, everyone’s eyes will now be on the Indian Premier League (IPL) which is scheduled to start from March 22.
Champions Trophy hero KL Rahul, who Delhi Capitals Had bought for Rs 14 crore in mega auction, one of the possible captaincy options for the team. However, according to reports, Rahul may be out of the first two matches of the tournament due to the birth of his first child. He will stay with his family at that time.
The 32 -year -old batsman played an important innings of 34* runs off 33 balls in the final. Other Champions Trophy players who will be part of the DC team for IPL 2025 will be India’s emerging star all-rounder and T20I team vice-captain Akshar Patel and wrist spinner superstar Kuldeep Yadav. Both of them also played an important role in India’s Champions Trophy victory.
KL Rahul will play for fifth franchise in IPL
Let me tell you, this will be the fifth franchise for which KL Rahul Will play in IPL. He made his IPL debut while playing for RCB in 2013 and then played for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2014 and 2015. In 2016, he returned to the RCB setup. After this, the Karnataka player played for Punjab Kings from 2018 to 2021 and Lucknow Supergiants from 2022 to 2024.
Rahul has made it to the playoffs four times, but has not been able to win the title so far and despite his top run scorer in 2024, LSG released him before IPL 2025. He has played 132 matches in the tournament and scored 4683 runs at an average of 45.46 and his strike rate is 134.60.
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