Kolkata വരെ Spent at the crease till the 19th over. He hit 79 off 58 balls, including three fours and five sixes. It was a great innings, but it did not matter if the team did not win! KL in Royal Challengers Bangalore’s match in IPL eliminator Fans harshly criticize Rahul’s batting performance and even his captaincy.
Lucknow were knocked out of the tournament by a 14-run loss to Bangalore. Following on Bangalore’s total of 208, Lucknow lost wicket-taker Quinton de Kok in the first over. With this, Rahul has the additional responsibility of improving the scoring from the power play overs. In the first 5 overs, Rahul started his attacking style and started attacking in the 6th over when he was bowled by Mohammad Siraj. Rahul scored 17 runs in that over, including 2 sixes and a four.
But despite chasing a huge total, the fans did not like Rahul’s cool play in the middle overs. Despite the presence of great batsmen including Evin Lewis and Marcus Stones, the scoring in the middle overs slowed down and Lucknow suffered a setback. Despite having 8 wickets in hand, they needed 99 runs in the last 7 overs to win. Lucknow lost the toss and elected to bat, but lost the toss and elected to bat. Marcus Stones and Evin Lewis, who came on later, could not middle the ball well.
Despite the toss’s advantage in the decisive match, the fans turned their backs on Rahul as Lucknow could not win the match despite the history of Eden Gardens supporting the team that followed the score. The fact that Rahul dropped a dangerous top order batsman like Evin Lewis to No. 6 also angered the fans.
Fans tweeted that Rahul’s only interest is to find runs for himself and that he would be happy if he could bat in 22 overs.
At the same time, Rahul said after the match that Lucknow lost the match due to mistakes made on the field. The Lucknow players had a number of catches, including that of Rajat Patidar, who scored a century in the match.
‘I learned a lot from the competition. This is a new franchise. We made a lot of mistakes. This is what happens to every team. We will try to learn from mistakes and come back stronger ‘- KL Rahul’s words.
At the same time, KL, who is frustrated after losing the match. The picture of Rahul and the angry Lucknow team mentor Gautam Gambhir went viral on social media. A group of fans wrote along with the picture that appropriate captions are invited.
English Summary: Twitter tears into KL Rahul for his knock against RCB as LSG crash out of IPL 2022