Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Travis Head (89 not out off 30 balls) and Abhishek Sharma (75 off 28 balls) scored in less than 10 overs The target of 167 runs was reached within the footage emerged on social media showing an emotional conversation between LSG boss Sanjiv Goenka and KL Rahul.
This follows difficult times for LSG batsmen on the same track in Hyderabad.
Making matters worse, Rahul’s (29 off 33 balls) batting during Powerplay was one of reasons behind LSG’s below par performance during this lucrative league and I think Goenka would now have no more patience left with him.
The Indian star has scored 460 runs in 12 games and again expected to cross the mark of five hundred runs this season; nevertheless, there is problem with his strike rate which stands at136.09
Mathematically speaking, LSG can still make it as they can garner sixteen points by winning their last two matches – against Delhi Capitals in New Delhi on May 14 and mumbai indians May 17 in Wankhede.
However, this may be difficult since they need significant improvement regarding net run rate which currently stands at (-0.760).
Nicholas Pooran, the vice–captain if Rahul chooses to resign, is likely to take over for the remaining games as he has been the team’s most influential batsman so far this season.
(With PTI input)
