KL Rahul likely to reject an LSG retention offer? What lies ahead of IPL 2025 retentions?

Summary: KL Rahul may not accept the Lucknow Super Giants' (LSG) potential retention offer.

KL Rahul, captain of the Lucknow Super Giants since the 2022 Indian Premier League, is expected to be auctioned before the 2025 season.

KL Rahul's wish to move from an opening position to a middle-order role is one of the main factors influencing his possible departure from LSG.

While the IPL retention deadline is approaching, the franchise decisions become more important. KL Rahul, who is the captain of the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), is the only one in the spotlight this time.

Rahul expressed the wish to move to the middle order before IPL 2024, but because of the team's needs, he was given the opening role again. Rahul has long felt that his skills would be more useful in the middle order, where he might stabilize and pace his innings more effectively. But this has led to conflict.

Rahul's desires were not met, as mentor Zaheer Khan and head coach Justin Langer chose to have Rahul open. Rahul's relations with the team have slowly worsened leading to conflict as he feels unable to play at his best.

Rahul will be the most well-known Indian name to hit the auction pool if he and LSG mutually decide to split ways. Over the years, Rahul has accumulated 4,683 IPL runs with a strike rate of 134 and an average of 45.