Lucknow Super Giants’ (LSG) promising-looking marketing campaign in the 2024 version of the IPL has been jolted twice now with back-to-back heavy defeats and alarm bells have began ringing unexpectedly. First, a 98-run loss towards the Kolkata Knight Riders and now Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) chasing down 166 runs with 62 balls to spare. It was annihilation of the best order and evidently the proprietor of the franchise, Sanjiv Goenka was extraordinarily upset with the identical as he let his frustration out on the captain KL Rahul.
Rahul was on the receiving finish after taking part in a 33-ball 29 knock on what appeared like a tough floor in Hyderabad initially. However, Travis Head (89 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (75 off 28) nipped each such hypothesis in the bud with sheer intent and hitting high quality.Â
Goenka was nearly scolding KL Rahul earlier than the coach Justin Langer joined the continued animated one-sided dialog. Rahul was visibly uncomfortable and as quickly as Langer got here, he left. Goenka confronted flak for his angle as many reckoned that there was a approach of displaying disappointment and speaking to gamers, which it wasn’t, particularly not in the general public eye when umpteen cameras had been there on the sector.
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On a pitch the place the guests crawled to 165, Sunrisers Hyderabad made a mockery of it by registering the highest-ever run-chase inside 10 overs in T20 cricket.
Lucknow Super Giants have misplaced six video games now and can want to win each their remaining video games towards Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians to keep in the hunt for the playoffs and therefore have the future very a lot nonetheless in their very own palms. Sunrisers Hyderabad in the meantime, jumped to third place and knocked Mumbai Indians out of the race for the playoffs.
