Ahead of IPL 2025 Auctions, KL Rahul Reflects on his Cricket Journey

KL Rahul, the star batsman for India, recently spoke up on his mentality, his cricket career, and what he needs to do to return to the Indian T20I team. As the team prepares for the most recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024–25, KL Rahul will shortly make an appearance for India. India will play Australia in the opening Test match of the series starting on November 22 in Perth. Rahul is scheduled to play for India again, although his recent form has drawn criticism from a number of analysts. 

The Indian Premier League (IPL) big auction is set for November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, and fans are eager to see where the star batter will end up after KL Rahul was let go by the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). Rahul, an IPL veteran who has played for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and Punjab Kings, has stated that he always puts the team first.

KL Rahul gets candid:

In a Star Sports Special 'KL Rahul - Unplugged' he revealed, "All of us as players want to play with freedom, and everyone would think that the way I batted, I'm enjoying playing that. But like I said, my thought process and motivation have always been team first. It doesn't matter what I want to do or what my natural game is. We play a team sport. If I played tennis, it would be different; I could stick to saying, 'This is my natural game.' But in a team sport, it's very different. Each game, you'll have a different role and responsibility given to you to find a way to deliver for the team.”

Rahul hasn't participated in Twenty20 Internationals for India since the Men's T20 World Cup in Australia in 2022. He plans to return to the national team in the IPL 2025, regardless of which team he plays for. Rahul has scored 2,265 runs at an average of 37.75 and a strike rate of 139.12 in 72 Twenty20 Internationals for India, including two hundreds and 22 fifties.

He further added, “My aim is to obviously get back into the T20 team. I’ve always wanted to be an all-format player, and that desire and drive haven’t changed over the years. I want to still play for India in all three formats and have done that for many years."

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