The IPL 2025 mega auctions are simply across the nook and the thrill among the many followers is simply elevated with each passing day. The highly-anticipated might be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 24-25. A complete of 1574 gamers are set to function within the mega public sale that can see marquee gamers like Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan and Mohammed Siraj go underneath the hammer. Rahul, who was the captain of Lucknow Tremendous Giants since 2022, was launched by the franchise forward of the auctions.
Former India opener Aakash Chopra has acknowledged that Chennai Tremendous Kings ought to attempt to rope-in Rahul as he will be good successor to MS Dhoni. The five-time champions have retained their skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, and Matheesha Pathirana whereas Dhoni has been retained as an uncapped participant.
As CSK are searching for a participant to interchange the legendary wicketkeeper-batter Dhoni, Chopra has recommended that Rahul could be a good possibility.
“What all do they want? I really feel they want a successor to Dhoni, a wicketkeeper-batter and it is nice in the event that they get an Indian. Everyone seems to be saying, let me additionally say – he’s greater than 30 years outdated, goes to be a father very quickly and everybody has written him off as effectively, so he’s proper for Chennai, that is KL Rahul. So they’ll undoubtedly go for KL Rahul,” Aakash Chopra stated on his YouTube channel.
“We won’t say for a way lengthy they’ll go however they’ll attempt to purchase him as a result of the franchise nonetheless has Rs 55 crore to be spent. So if they will get an Indian like him, Ishan Kishan or Rishabh Pant for Rs 10-15 crore, they’ll attempt. They could take into consideration Shreyas Iyer for a while as a result of they’ll want Indian batters to bat in these situations,” he added.
The listing of 1574 gamers consists of 320 capped gamers, 1,224 uncapped gamers and 30 gamers from the Affiliate Nations.
Among the many capped gamers, 48 are from India. Furthermore, 965 uncapped gamers of the nation will even be a part of the public sale.
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