EXPLAINED: Why KL Rahul Is Not Taking part in DC vs LSG IPL 2025 Match In Visakhapatnam
Axar Patel-led Delhi Capitals are dealing with Rishabh Pant’s Lucknow Tremendous Giants in match No. 4 of IPL 2025 at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam.
Of their marketing campaign opener, Delhi Capitals captain Axar gained the toss and opted to bowl first towards Lucknow Tremendous Giants. DC picked Faf du Plessis, Tristan Stubbs, Mitchell Starc and Jake Fraser-McGurk as their 4 abroad gamers.
Nevertheless, star wicket-keeper batter KL Rahul is just not taking part in the opening sport of his new franchise Delhi Capitals. Rahul, who was purchased for Rs 14 crore on the IPL Mega Public sale, has not been named in Delhi Capitals’ taking part in XI nor within the influence sub checklist.
Notably, the 32-year-old Rahul was unavailable for the group’s season opener on Monday because of the delivery of his first youngster. The wicketkeeper-batter from Bengaluru took particular permission from the Delhi Capitals administration to skip the match towards his former franchise Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG).
Rahul and his spouse Athiya Shetty took to Instagram to share the excellent news of their kid’s delivery. Rahul and Athiya have been blessed with a child woman.
The star batter is predicted to rejoin the Delhi Capitals squad for his or her second sport towards Sunrisers Hyderabad on March 30.
Notably, Rahul was in glorious type and performed a key function in India’s Champions Trophy 2025 win in Dubai. He skilled below India’s assistant coach Abhishek Nayar in Mumbai earlier than becoming a member of the Delhi Capitals camp for IPL 2025
DC vs LSG, IPL 2025: Taking part in XIs
Lucknow Tremendous Giants: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant(w/c), David Miller, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi
Delhi Capitals: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel(w), Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
DC vs LSG, IPL 2025: Impression Subs
Lucknow Tremendous Giants: Manimaran Siddharth, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Akash Singh, RS Hangargekar.
Delhi Capitals Impression Subs: Karun Nair, Ashutosh Sharma, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay, Darshan Nalkande
