KL Rahul to Leave LSG: KL Rahul was bought by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the mega auction held in 2022. Rahul took charge of Lucknow till 2024 IPL. Under Rahul's captaincy, the team reached the playoffs twice and was out of the group stage once. There was a poor performance from Lucknow in the 2024 IPL, after which a lot of questions were raised on captain Rahul.

Now the report revealed that Lokesh Rahul the Lucknow Super Giants captain is likely to join his old franchise in the 2025 IPL. A final agreement between the two parties could be reached before the IPL auctions.

In the last IPL, Lucknow skipper Sanjeev Goenka publicly reprimanded captain Rahul for the team's poor performance. Cricket lovers remember that incident in Indian cricket. Later, the Lucknow captain tried to settle the problem with the captain. Rahul does not want to play for Lucknow even if the problem is solved at that time.

The Lucknow management also did not give any assurance of keeping KL Rahul before the auction. So he is likely to join his old franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore before next season. A report in an all-India daily claimed so.

According to sources, Rahul's problem with the Lucknow authorities has not been resolved at all. But later it got more complicated. The distance between the two sides has increased. On the other hand, RCB authorities are keen to bring Rahul back into the team. Rahul is a resident of Bangalore. Played domestic cricket for Karnataka. In that sense RCB is his hometown team.

Rahul played IPL for RCB from 2013 to 2015. Rahul himself told close circles about his desire to return to RCB after the last IPL. You can go back to that group again.

Neither the RCB authorities nor Rahul said anything officially. It is heard that preliminary talks have taken place between the two parties. Lucknow authorities are yet to clarify their position on Rahul. If everything goes well, the RCB authorities will go all out in the IPL auction to buy Rahul. If there is a chance, they can make an agreement with Rahul even before the auction. If all news goes well the experienced wicketkeeper-batter will play in a team with Virat Kohli again.