KL Rahul
Lucknow Super Giants had to face a one-sided defeat by 10 wickets in the match played against Sunrisers Hyderabad on 8 May. With the defeat in this match, now the Lucknow team is almost out of the race for the playoffs. After the end of this match, a video of Lucknow team captain KL Rahul and franchise owner Sanjeev Goenka went viral on social media, in which Sanjeev was clearly seen expressing his anger after this defeat. Before the player auction for the 2022 season, Rahul was made a part of their team by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 17 crore. Considering the poor performance of the team this season, Rahul may not be retained anymore. Lucknow still has 2 more matches to play this season, in which Rahul can be seen playing the role of a batsman.
Rahul himself can leave the responsibility of captaincy
KL Rahul’s performance with the bat this season has also been full of ups and downs. Lucknow Super Giants have to play their next match in this season of IPL against Delhi Capitals which is to be played on 14th May. In his statement given to PTI regarding this match, an IPL source on the condition of anonymity said that KL Rahul has not yet taken any decision regarding leaving the captaincy, but if he stays only for these 2 matches. If he decides to concentrate on his batting, then the team management will not face any problem due to his decision. This season, Nicholas Puran is handling the responsibility of vice-captain of the Lucknow team, so if Rahul decides to leave the captaincy, then Puran can be seen in his place in the last 2 matches, fulfilling this responsibility.
Still a chance to reach 16 points but poor net run rate could prove costly
In the 17th season of IPL, Lucknow Super Giants have played 12 matches so far, in which they have won 6 and lost 6. Currently the team has 12 points and if they are successful in winning the matches against Mumbai Indians besides Delhi Capitals, then they will reach 16 points which will keep their hopes of reaching the playoffs, but the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Due to the big defeat in 2017, a big impact has been seen on the net run rate of the team, which is now -0.769 and it is very difficult for them to improve it in these 2 matches.
(PTI INPUTS)
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