Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjeev Goenka slammed captain KL Rahul after his team suffered a crushing 10-wicket defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium. . KL Rahul's fans are not happy with the LSG owner's actions and extending his support to Rahul on social media platform X.
LSG owner scolds KL Rahul (Source: X)
Lucknow Super Giants suffered a crushing defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium. On a pitch where LSG managed to crawl to 165 for 4 in 20 overs, the team cruised to a 10-wicket victory in just 9.4 overs, with Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma tormenting the LSG bowlers.
captain KL Rahul He struggled mightily, scoring an abysmal 29 off 33 balls. LSG managed to cross the 150 mark thanks to the efforts of Nicholas Pooran (48 off 26) and Ayush Badni (55 off 30).
The wicket was slow and it could have been an all-out attack, but Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma embarrassed LSG with brutal assaults. Travis Head remained not out with 89 off 30 balls, while Abhishek Sharma scored 75 off 28 balls.
meanwhile, LSG owner Sanjeev Goenka I wasn't satisfied with the team's performance. A video of Sanjeev Goenka slamming KL Rahul has gone viral on social media. Although the exact reason for the strong reaction is unknown, KL Rahul's fans were not happy with Goenka's behavior towards Rahul.
Meanwhile, KL Rahul reacted to the defeat and said that SRH would have been chasing 240 if LSG had reached the total.
“I'm speechless. I've seen batting like that on TV. But this is unreal batting. Everything seemed to find the middle of the bat. Kudos to their skill. They've been working hard on six batting techniques. They didn't have a chance to find out what the pitch was in the second inning. When they teed off on pitch one, they were hard to stop. There was a question mark over our decision. We were 50 runs short. When we lost wickets in the powerplay, Ayush and Nikki batted well and we couldn't take it to 166. But even if they could have scored 240 points, they could have chased it.” Rahul after the defeat.