KL Rahul breaks silence on strike rate issue after T20 World Cup, says, “A lot…”

Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul broke his silence on the discussion regarding strike rate in T20 cricket during the IPL 2024 match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday. Both KL Rahul and Virat Kohli have faced a lot of criticism over their strike rates in this year’s competition, despite being among the top 5 run-scorers in IPL 2024. Rahul has also ruled himself out of the Indian team for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. Captain Rohit Sharma and chief selector Ajit Agarkar said that they were looking for middle-order batting options while choosing the wicketkeeper and that is why they chose Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson.

“We will bowl first. I am not the best reader of the wicket, we just like to chase. The good thing is that we have been able to adapt really well and quickly to the conditions, some brilliant individual performances He is good, there has been a lot of discussion about strike-rate, and a lot has changed in T20 cricket over the years, he was injured in the last game, Yash Thakur has come in place of Mayank Yadav.”

Talking about the match, Rahul won the toss and decided to field.

“We would have bowled well too. Defending that score with five bowlers in the last game has given us a lot of confidence. There is a lot of confidence in the team. We are going in with the same team. Hopefully we will continue like that ” He has been optimistic since the first game and he (Venkatesh Iyer) was not able to perform and is happy with the way he performed, KKR captain Shreyas Iyer said at the toss.

Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI:

Kolkata Knight Riders:Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana

substitute:Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, KS Bharat, Sherfane Rutherford

Lucknow Super Giants:KL Rahul (wk/c), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ashton Turner, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur

substitute player: Arshin Kulkarni, Manimaran Siddharth, Krishnappa Gautam, Yudhveer Singh, Devdutt Padikkal