KL Rahul sold to Delhi Capitals 18 crore: Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin is in the news from IPL 2025 mega auction. He has created a sensation in Indian cricket by conducting a mock auction. Now in the mock auction organized by him, KL Rahul has been bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 18 crore. The decisions taken in Ashwin's auction have also doubled the excitement of the upcoming mega auction.

KL Rahul has kept his base price at Rs 2 crore and his name is in the first marquee list. Let us tell you that Ravichandran Ashwin has also kept the auction rules the same as in the IPL auction. But the difference is that Ashwin has kept such an option open where the team can directly bid 5-10 crores. When Rahul's name came up, Rahul's old team RCB started the bidding war with Rs 10 crore. Bangalore did not bid on Rahul after that.

Gujarat Titans, Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders also wanted to buy this Indian wicketkeeper batsman in the mock auction. Gujarat was the first to be out, then after a tough competition, Kolkata withdrew after Rs 17.5 crore. Finally Delhi bought Rahul. Let us tell you that Delhi has retained Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Abhishek Porel for IPL 2025 and now it has Rs 73 crore left in its purse.

Should KL Rahul get 18 crores?

KL Rahul has often been criticized due to his strike rate in T20 matches, but from time to time he has won the hearts of the fans by batting stormy. Talking about strike rate, Rahul's strike rate for Lucknow Super Giants was 130.62. At the same time, while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad, he was able to score runs at an even slower pace. But he used to bat stormy while playing for RCB. For Bangalore, he scored runs in 19 matches at a strike rate of 145.3.