“I would never go and ask someone for it” – KL Rahul gets candid on captaining in the IPL

Indian batter KL Rahul said he is not someone who would ask for captaincy in the Indian Premier League. Rahul has led Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants in the lucrative tournament but he was released by the latter before the IPL 2025 mega auction

Rahul led LSG to playoffs in IPL 2022 and 2023 but the team could not make it to the last four in the previous edition of the tournament. 

Meanwhile, ​​Rahul has scored 2265 runs in 72 T20I matches at an impressive average of 37.75 and a strike rate of 139.13.

KL Rahul said on Star Sports, “I would never go and ask someone for it. If you feel that my leadership skills are good enough and if you find something good in the way I play my cricket, in the way I handle myself, and the way I handled my team in the last four to five years… If you find it worthy, then of course I am happy to do it, but it’s not something that is a make or break for me.”

“I just want to be part of a team that has a good environment. You feel loved, cared and respected in that environment and everyone in the franchise has that one single goal – to win the IPL. If that’s there, then that’s the perfect fit for me,” the right-handed batter went on to add.

Rahul is known to take different roles for the team as he can open, bat in the middle order, and can also take the gloves. The Karnataka batter wants to be flexible for his team as always.

“I have always been flexible in my head – whether it’s opening, whether middle order, whether lower order, keeping, fielding. Any of it, I am okay with any role or any responsibility that is given to me.”

IPL 2025 mega auction will take place in Jeddah on November 24 and 25 and Rahul has registered for the auction at a base price of INR 2 crore.