India batter and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper KL Rahul opened up on one of many greatest regrets of his cricketing profession and his time with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise within the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Rahul is at the moment representing Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) within the ongoing season of the league. His group will likely be locking horns with the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Thursday. (MI Bowler Completely Ignores Hardik During Final, Rohit Sets Field; Video Goes Viral – Watch)
Speaking on a video on Ravichandran Ashwin’s Youtube channel on Thursday, Rahul stated that his remorse was not with the ability to stick round on the crease for lengthy and taking his group to an excellent rating within the finals.
“The World Cup final against Australia, I was stuck in the moment, whether to take down (Mitchell) Starc or just play him as it was reversing, bowling in tough angle – in that confusion, I ended up nicking it – if I could have played till the end, it could have been 30-plus runs & probably World Cup in our hands–that is what I regret.”. Rahul stated.
In the ultimate, India may rating solely 240 runs of their 50 overs after being put to bowl first by Australia, with KL (66), Virat Kohli (54) and Rohit Sharma (47) enjoying essential innings. Australia was 47-3 at one level in the course of the run-chase, however Travis Head’s 137 took the Aussies to a six-wicket win in Ahmedabad.
KL had an ideal event with the bat and gloves, although. His versatility whereas batting, glovework and DRS calls garnered him acclaim. In 10 innings, he scored 452 runs at a mean of 75.33, with a century and two fifties. His greatest rating was 102. (From Coin Flip To DRS Disputes: Are Umpires Mumbai Indians’ twelfth Man In IPL 2024?)
KL additionally revealed to Ashwin what his conversations had been with star batter Virat Kohli when he signed his IPL take care of RCB again in 2013. He stated that enjoying for the franchise was at all times his dream, and it was an enormous studying expertise for him.
“Virat was there (ITC Gardenia), coach Ray Jennings and other support staff were also there and Virat only said, ‘Would you want to sign this contract and play for RCB?’ I was like, ‘Are you kidding? It was always my dream.’ And then he said, ‘I am just kidding. It is not an option, just sign this contract.’ I signed and Virat said, ‘It is going to be a crazy ride. You are going to enjoy a lot in the next couple of months.'”
“The things that I learned (at RCB) in those two months–I mean, the amount of time it would have taken me to be the player by playing just Ranji Trophy would have probably taken it 7-8 seasons. During those two months in the IPL, I gained so much knowledge and experience and everything was fast-forwarded,” he added.
KL represented RCB within the 2013 and 2016 seasons, enjoying for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) from 2014-15, for Punjab Kings from 2018-2021 and for LSG from 2022 until now on.
In 19 matches and 14 innings for RCB, he scored 468 runs at a mean of 37.91, with a strike fee of 145.30. He scored 4 half-centuries, with the most effective rating of 68*.
The right-handed batter stated that he would have favored to complete his IPL profession with RCB after enjoying just for them, however the “beauty of IPL” took him to totally different groups. He additionally opened up on how excited he was to create a brand new group and tradition with LSG when he was purchased by the franchise in 2022.
“I would have also loved to play for Bangalore. I had started there, I would have liked to finish there and that was there in my head. But the beauty of IPL is that you get to go into different teams with different players,” stated KL.
“When the two new teams came in and I had an opportunity to go there, thats what excited me. To start a franchise from scratch. To create my own team, my own culture. It has been fun and hopefully I can finish there,” he concluded.
In 30 matches for LSG, KL has scored 1,094 runs at a mean of 42.08, with two centuries and 7 fifties. His greatest rating is 103*. Currently, his group is on the fifth spot within the factors desk, with three wins, three losses and 6 factors.
