Top Facts About KL Rahul’s Family

One of the most popular Indian cricketers currently is KL Rahul. He is also the captain of the Punjab Kings team in IPL. The real name of KL Rahul is Kannur Lokesh Rahul. His cricketing skills, talent and hard work has made him the strongest contender for future Indian Cricket Team Captain.

You will be surprised to know that he holds the position of Assistant Manager in Reserve Bank of India. KL Rahul’s father is a professor in the National Institute of Technology, Karnataka of the Civil Engineering department. His name is Dr. KN Lokesh and was a director of the institute before. He was a huge fan of Gundappa Vishwanath and Sunil Gavaskar and when he heard somewhere that Sunil kept his son’s name Rahul, he also immediately kept his name same.

KL Rahul mother was also a professor in Mangalore University. He is very attached to his mother and had tagged her as Super Mom in his interviews. Undoubtedly, KL is one of the successful cricketers of the world but still his mother wants him to complete his engineering degree. KL also has a sibling, younger sister named Bhavna and he posts pictures with her in Raksha Bandhan.

He is also in the headlines because of his link ups with Athiya Shetty.