After lacking Delhi Capitals (DC)’s opening match of IPL 2025, KL Rahul is more likely to be obtainable for the second sport in opposition to SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) on March 30. With a six day hole between the primary and the second sport, Rahul has loads of time to get upto pace. The wicketkeeper had missed the sport in opposition to his former facet, Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG), as he and his spouse Athiya Shetty had lately welcomed their child woman. In his absence, Ashutosh Sharma steered DC to a slender win over LSG.
Rahul joined the staff after the sport in opposition to LSG, and appeared all smiles throughout a team-bonding occasion, the place the gamers have been imitating each other and collaborating in light-hearted video games.
He entertained his teammates by nailing the batting stance and accent of DC mentor Kevin Pietersen. “Mate, any guesses?” Rahul jokingly requested, as Pietersen burst out of laughter.
KL RAHUL on the DC Group Dinner pic.twitter.com/tmJpQgcAtJ
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DC had congratulated Rahul and Athiya on the start of their daughter with a heartwarming video.
In a video shared on DC social media with the caption “Our household extends, our household celebrates”, Rahul’s teammates congratulated him by doing a ‘Mom’s Lap Child Swing’ motion. Within the video, with the Heyy Babyy tune ‘Meri duniya tu hello re’, skipper Axar Patel may be heard singing the tune “Aa le chak mai aa gaya”.
Commenting on the submit, Rahul shared, “Lads, this implies a lot to us, thanks one million.”
Rahul was purchased by Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore within the mega public sale after Lucknow Tremendous Giants determined to not retain him following a public falling out with franchise proprietor Sanjeev Goenka on the finish of the 2024 season. The wicketkeeper will likely be hoping to attempt within the shortest format after having efficiently regained his spot within the ODI and Take a look at setup of the nationwide staff.
Rahul was instrumental in India’s 2025 Champions Trophy-winning marketing campaign. The wicketkeeper-batter was dependable behind the stumps and a clutch performer in his position as finisher with the bat.
In 4 innings, he completed unbeaten on three events. He was significantly essential throughout India’s chases within the all-important knockout video games, scoring an unbeaten 42 not out and 34 not out in opposition to Australia and New Zealand within the semis and finals, respectively.
Delhi Capitals squad: KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Karun Nair, Mohit Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Darshan Nalkande, Sameer Rizvi , Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay, Manvanth Kumar L, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari
(With IANS Inputs)
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