“KL Rahul is putting pressure on others”: Brett Lee lambasts LSG captain’s view | cricket news

Lucknow Super Giants might be one of the favorites going into the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 playoffs, but all is not well with the franchise at the moment. Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis did some rescue work in the middle, which helped LSG stay in the top 4, but when it comes to the performances of the top order, especially captain Rahul, the franchise has been disappointing. In the match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday, where Lucknow was chasing the target of 236 runs, Rahul could only score 25 runs out of 21.

Australian cricket legend Brett Lee, without mincing words, feels that Rahul’s approach at the top is putting a lot of pressure on LSG’s middle order.

“I think if you look at the opening batsmen on both sides, it’s a complete opposite. KKR have got it right. They’re coming out of the blocks quickly, they’re scoring runs. And then you’ve got On the other side we got KL Rahul, that is, you know, taking one run a ball and putting a lot of pressure on the back end, you know, we watched four games and I picked KL Rahul here, the first four games he played,” He said on Jio Cinema.

“His strike rate was 129, then he went up to 150 and now he came back and said, ‘Well, yes, you know the bowlers have done a very good job. I think there is a lot of pressure on them because they have conceded runs. Hasn’t scored as many runs as he should have,” said Brett Lee.

After the game, Rahul himself admitted that his team failed in all three departments of the game – batting, bowling and fielding.

“There were a lot of runs to be scored in the second innings. When you are chasing a big target, you are putting in too much effort and in the end you lose wickets. Overall it is a poor performance. We played our Didn’t score the target on a consistent basis), overall poor performance with the bat, ball and fielding, we have seen in the powerplay how they bat and they put a lot of pressure on the opposition, our young bowlers. “Couldn’t handle it and hit some good shots. IPL is like that, you play against really good players and that’s where your character gets tested.” He said after the match.