The thrill of IPL 2026 is already increasing, as it is reported that KL Rahul may leave Delhi Capitals before the next season. Both Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders are showing interest in trading KL Rahul. Both Chennai and Kolkata are ready to offer captaincy to team Rahul. However, the final decision on this will not be Rahul but Delhi Capitals will have to take it. Rahul is currently in great form and has scored more than 500 runs in the Test series against England.

It will be worth noting that it will only be a cash deal, or Delhi Capitals can trade a senior player with CSK or KKR. Chennai Super Kings can also replace KL Rahul with MS Dhoni, who can also handle the weight of wicketkeeping. After the conclusion of IPL 2025, there was speculation about Sanju Samson going to Chennai team, but according to the new update, CSK is seeing Rahul as a replacement of Dhoni.

Dhoni’s perfect replacement!

If Chennai Super Kings can make KL Rahul’s trade successful, then he can prove to be the perfect replacement of MS Dhoni. Rahul works with patience, can captain, can take the weight of wicketkeeping on his shoulders.

On the other hand, foreign wicketkeeper batsmen in the KKR team have failed to do good. The performance of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Quinton Decock was felt lacking. In such a situation, with the arrival of KL Rahul, the Kolkata team will not only get a senior wicketkeeper batsman, but he can also remove the Blam of KKR’s captaincy.

KL Rahul was added to Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore in IPL 2025 mega auction. He was the highest run -scorer for Delhi Capitals last season. He scored 539 runs in 13 matches.

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India’s star batsman KL Rahul can be seen playing for a new team in IPL 2026. A media report has revealed that 3 -time IPL champion Kolkata Knight Riders have shown interest in trading Rahul. KL Rahul played for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025, but now according to the Times of India, KKR wants to bring Rahul into his team. Team officials have also expressed their desire in this regard.

A source quoted by the Times of India said, “This trade may not be successful because KKR does not have any player that he can trade with Delhi Capitals instead of KL Rahul.” Abhishek Nair can be a reason for the Kolkata team to show interest in Rahul, who is the assistant coach of the KKR team. If Rahul comes in KKR, then he can also be offered captaincy.

As long as Abhishek Nair remained the assistant coach of the Indian team, many times he was exposed to good bonding with KL Rahul. Some credit for Rahul coming back to form in white ball cricket also goes to Abhishek Nair. Rahul himself has accepted this.

During the IPL, KL Rahul had said that, “I have done the white ball game much better in the last one year, the credit goes to Abhishek Nair. I have learned a lot from him after he came to the Indian team. We would discuss the same hours that I would discuss how my white ball game could be better.”

Talking about Kolkata Knight Riders, this team finished eighth in the IPL 2025 points table, while KKR became the champion under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer in the last season. Talking about KL Rahul, he scored 539 runs while playing for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025.

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