Lucknow Tremendous Giants’ (LSG) promising-looking marketing campaign within the 2024 version of the IPL has been jolted twice now with back-to-back heavy defeats and alarm bells have began ringing rapidly. First, a 98-run loss in opposition to the Kolkata Knight Riders and now Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) chasing down 166 runs with 62 balls to spare. It was annihilation of the very best order and evidently the proprietor of the franchise, Sanjiv Goenka was extraordinarily disillusioned 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 difficult floor in Hyderabad firstly. Nonetheless, Travis Head (89 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (75 off 28) nipped each such hypothesis within the bud with sheer intent and hitting high quality.
Goenka was nearly scolding KL Rahul earlier than the coach Justin Langer joined the continuing animated one-sided dialog. Rahul was visibly uncomfortable and as quickly as Langer got here, he left. Goenka confronted flak for his perspective as many reckoned that there was a method of displaying disappointment and speaking to gamers, which it wasn’t, particularly not within the public eye when umpteen cameras had been there on the sphere.
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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 Tremendous Giants have misplaced six video games now and might want to win each their remaining video games in opposition to Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians to remain within the hunt for the playoffs and therefore have the future very a lot nonetheless in their very own arms. Sunrisers Hyderabad in the meantime, jumped to 3rd place and knocked Mumbai Indians out of the race for the playoffs.
