Lucknow Tremendous Giants skipper KL Rahul’s strike fee has come below the flak a number of instances in T20 cricket. On many events, followers have criticised the Indian batter for not maintaining with the strike fee and taking the sport deep. In the meantime, LSG’s head coach Justin Langer has backed the workforce captain forward of their recreation in opposition to Punjab Kings at residence.
Throughout the chase in opposition to Rajasthan Royals of their opening recreation, Rahul scored 58 from 44 balls at a strike fee of 131.82 when the workforce wanted 194 to win. LSG wanted 65 from the final six overs and had Rahul and Nicholas Pooran on the crease however they might not take the workforce residence. Langer has backed Rahul. “I am not going to lose one second’s sleep over KL Rahul,” LSG coach Langer stated whereas backing Rahul over the strike fee criticism.
Notably, LSG will lock horns in opposition to PBKS on the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow of their first residence recreation of the season. They’re the one workforce to have performed only one recreation within the ongoing season until now as eight sides have featured in two video games every, whereas RCB have performed three matches.
Shamar Joseph should wait extra
In the meantime, the LSG coach has said that Shamar Joseph is unlikely to play the match in opposition to Punjab. “I like his spirit and athleticism however he is nonetheless very younger. He is pushing laborious for choice however I do not assume he’ll play tomorrow although,” Langer stated on Joseph.
LSG are positioned on the backside of the factors desk as they misplaced their opening encounter to Rajasthan Royals by 20 runs. They’ve the worst Web run fee (-1.000) going into this recreation and are banking on the house benefit to get a win.
For PBKS although, they’ve a win to indicate of their two outings. Shikhar Dhawan’s Punjab defeated Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals of their match opener in Mullanpur, earlier than happening to Royal Challengers Bengaluru of their second outing at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The Kings are positioned in fifth place with their NRR being simply in optimistic (+0.025).
