SRH’s crushing defeat: Will KL Rahul resign from LSG captaincy? “Management will not…” says report. cricket news

Almost out of the IPL play-off race after the team’s defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday, KL Rahul’s future as Lucknow Super Giants captain is uncertain for the remaining two matches. After his captaincy and old T20 batting style, it is still not clear whether the management would like to retain him by paying a huge price of Rs 17 crore ahead of next season’s mega auction. LSG management is maintaining silence on this issue. However, there is speculation that the captain himself may step down and focus on batting during the next two matches.

“There is a gap of five days before the next game against DC. At the moment, no decision has been taken, but it is understood that if Rahul plans to focus on his batting for the remaining two matches, the management will have to There will be no objection,” an IPL source told PTI on condition of anonymity.

There is a possibility that since it is a matter of only two matches, only Rahul can lead the team.

LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka’s Rahul Videos of the heated conversation surfaced on social media.

This came as the LSG batsmen struggled to get going on the same track in Hyderabad.

What’s worse is that Rahul’s batting in the powerplay (29 off 33 balls) has been the biggest reason for LSG’s poor performance in the cash-rich league and it looks like Goenka has finally run out of patience.

The India star has scored 460 runs in 12 matches and could cross the 500-run mark again for the season, but it is his strike-rate of 136.09 that is the problem.

Let us tell you that among the eight batsmen who have scored the most runs in IPL, Rahul’s strike rate is the worst among the top three. All seven other batsmen have a strike rate above 140, with some like Travis Head having a strike rate above 200. Virat Kohli, whose strike-rate was criticized, has a strike-rate of over 148.

LSG are still mathematically in contention as they can reach 16 points by winning their remaining two games – against Delhi Capitals at New Delhi on May 14 and Mumbai Indians at Wankhede on May 17.

However, it will be very difficult to improve the net run-rate (-0.760) on a large scale.

If Rahul decides to step down, vice-captain Nicholas Pooran, who has been the team’s most influential batsman in the season, is likely to take over for the remaining two matches.

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