DC and LSG are set to start their season with the match 4 of the IPL 2025. The teams are set to face each other at Delhi’s home ground match at Visakhapatnam. The match is scheduled to be played on March 24 at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam and will start at 7:30 PM.
The recent developments around the game, KL Rahul was spotted with the team and was speculated to join the season opener for the team. The star batter was roped in by Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2025 mega auction for Rs 14 crore. However there is still uncertainty over his availability for the opener clash.
NO KL for the opening clash
Captain for Capitals, Axar confirmed that KL Rahul will not be joining the team for the opening clash due to personal reasons, which suggests that the player might be with his wife who is expecting a delivery any time soon.
“Obviously, he joined the team. We don’t know yet [if he’ll play]. Right now we don’t know if he is available or not,” Axar said of Rahul’s availability during the pre-match press conference.
Asked on KL batting position, DC’s new head coach Hemang Badani did not spill the beans regarding Rahul’s batting position and said people will have to “wait and watch” until Monday, when DC square off against the LSG.
KL Rahul fans waited to see him playing for a new franchise after his formidable knocks during champions trophy and were waiting for his playing XI confirmation as the Capitals will be facing the ex franchise of the KL rahul in their opening clash.
Delhi Capitals squad for IPL 2025
Batters: KL Rahul (wk), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Faf du Plessis (vc), Abishek Porel (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi
All-rounders: Axar Patel (c), Donovan Ferreira, Ashutosh Sharma, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Madhav Tiwari, Dasun Shanaka
Bowlers: Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Tripurana Vijay, Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav
With already, Harry Brook, a major player having pulled out, DC might struggle against LSG as KL Rahul might miss the first game of the DC vs LSG Clash on 24 March.
