KL Rahul’s new role revealed for Delhi Capitals ahead of IPL 2026

There has been no major KL Rahul news in recent times. The star keeper wasn’t in India’s T20I picture and thus stayed away from limelight when the T20 World Cup 2026 was on. Now, with the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 coming up, the Delhi Capitals (DC) superstar will try to steer his franchise towards success while batting right at top.

Well, as per the Times of India, KL Rahul is all set to be the designated opener for DC at IPL 2026. He will also be the one to don the wicket-keeping role. This is interesting since Rahul didn’t start as an opener last season as DC experimented in his maiden year with the franchise. With Faf du Plessis, Abhisek Porel and Jake Fraser-McGurk there, DC used them initally before finally slotting Rahul at his best position.

Delhi Capitals IPL 2026 squad

Batters: KL Rahul (WK), Karun Nair, David Miller, Ben Duckett, Pathum Nissanka, Sahil Parakh, Prithvi Shaw, Abishek Porel (WK), Tristan Stubbs

All-rounders: Axar Patel (C), Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Auqib Dar, Nitish Rana

Bowlers: Mitchell Starc, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Lungi Ngidi, Kyle Jamieson, Kuldeep Yadav

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