IPL: LSG unlikely to retain KL Rahul at next mega auction as star batter vows to leave captaincy - Reports
IPL 2024: KL Rahul's future at LSG looks gloomy following Goenka's bashing
KL Rahul could let go of LSG captaincy for the remaining two matches in IPL 2024 to concentrate entirely on his batting, per the latest reports. After suffering bashing at the hands of SunRisers Hyderabad the other night, LSG CEO Sanjiv Goenka had an animated chat with the captain following the side's lacklustre performance at home. The reports also suggested that the franchise is thinking against retaining Rahul at the next mega auction.
LSG's last home game was one to forget, as they lost to SRH by 10 wickets. If such a result doesn't bother a cricket fan, let alone LSG's, knowing that the touring side chased the target (161) inside 10 overs would.
Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma played blinders to see their side through. While the Aussie great smashed an unbeaten 89 off 30 balls, hitting eight sixes and as many fours, Abhishek took 75 from 28 balls, whacking six sixes.
However, given how clueless LSG looked while defending 161, and more so considering how KL fared with the bat on the same wicket in the first innings, scoring 29 from 33, striking at under 90, his call to step aside from the captaincy for the remainder of the season makes sense.
"There is a five-day gap before the next game against DC. As of now, no decision hasbeen taken, but itis understoodthat if Rahul plans tojustconcentrate on his batting for the remaining two games, the management won't mind," an IPL source told PTI news agency on conditions of anonymity.
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Meanwhile, LSG remains in contention for a playoff spot with 16 points (if they win their remaining two matches), but Rahul's under-par show at the top despite nearing 500 runs this season has been a concern for the team.
Although his strike rate of 136.07 has been the talking point, based on the same lines, Rahul fell behind in the race for the 2024 T20 World Cup spot, with the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee picking Sanju Samson and Rishabh Pant as first-choice keeper-batters for the 20-team tournament starting June 1.
LSG look to part ways with KL Rahul
LSG brought KL ahead of their debut season (in 2022), naming him the captain since. While they failed to win an IPL, unlike fellow debutants Gujarat Titans, which won the 2022 edition, the LSG made it to the playoffs in the past two seasons.
With the mega auction coming up, the franchise is yet to decide on retaining KL Rahul; however, following the visuals of LSG CEO Goenka bashing KL doing rounds on social media, speculation rises around Rahul's future at LSG.
(With inputs from agencies)
