2024-05-08 20:50:06
Hyderabad: KL Rahul was quite disappointed when Lucknow Supergiants lost against Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 wickets in just 9.4 overs. After the match, he said that Sunrisers batsmen played such innings which could not have been imagined. KL Rahul was absolutely right, because the innings of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma looked more like a video game than batting. However, here we will talk about KL Rahul’s team and why it was in such a plight. After all, where did the team go wrong? On the pitch where players from Lucknow were unable to breathe, only two batsmen of Sunrisers hit fours and sixes.
Captain KL Rahul himself was the villain of this plight of Lucknow or should we say defeat and Krunal Pandya was equally responsible. Bowling could have been better, but if the batting is so dangerous then it becomes very difficult for the bowlers to defend 165 runs. In such a situation, when captain KL Rahul had won the toss and decided to bat first, at least he should have had a score of more than 200 in his mind.
How did Lucknow lose because of Rahul and Krunal?
Lucknow was in trouble after the early dismissals of Quinton de Kock and Marcus Stoinis. The captain himself was at the crease and Krunal Pandya was batting with him. They got a chance to bat at number four, but the surprising thing is that both the batsmen played so slowly that it was beyond limits. KL Rahul was set on the pitch. He had a chance to take the wickets and put pressure on the Sunrisers bowlers by playing big shots. Krunal could have given him strike, but nothing like that happened.
KL Rahul batted like a test in T20 cricket and was out after scoring 29 runs in 33 balls. In this innings he hit one six and one four. Rahul’s strike rate was only 87.88. Whereas Krunal Pandya was out after scoring 24 runs in 21 balls. In such a situation, there was a lot of pressure on the middle order batsmen. However, despite this, Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Puran together somehow reached the team’s score of 165 runs and saved the honour.