KL Rahul could not score much as he was dismissed for 12 of 8 deliveries in Lucknow Super Giants’ encounter against Punjab Kings in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Thursday. Rahul gave a chance on the very first ball of the match, but Sikandar Raza was unable to complete debutant Gurnoor Brar’s bowling catch. It looked like the missed opportunity was going to come back to haunt PBKS as Rahul hit a four and a six to make his intent clear. However, his stay was cut short by Kagiso Rabada for completely misplacing a shot and this time Shahrukh Khan made no mistake at short third man.
This was another failed opportunity for Rahul, who was criticized for his run rate in the ongoing IPL 2023. Twitter was not kind to Rahul as the users soon started trolling him for his performance.
KL Rahul dismissed for 12 runs in 9 balls.
Advantage LSG now #PBKSvsLSG pic.twitter.com/yurToeXJ2t
— Utsav (@utsav045) April 28, 2023
Catch dropped But that was about it
the capture of an LSG batsman KL Rahul pic.twitter.com/CjeYsWwvfT— Ankit Pathak 🇮🇳 (@ankit_acerbic) April 28, 2023
KL Rahul after scoring 1(5) in 1st over instead of 0(6). pic.twitter.com/rhyZIn2ZBc
— AJ (@CursedByVecna) April 28, 2023
Punjab Kings chose to bowl against Lucknow Super Giants.
Shikhar Dhawan is back in charge in Punjab after missing three matches due to a shoulder injury.
Sikandar Raza replaced Matthew Short in Punjab and played eleven and Gurnoor Brar will make his IPL debut. LSG has named an unchanged team.
Punjab Kings:Atharva Taide, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Sikandar Raza, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (w), Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh.
Lucknow Supergiants:KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran(w), Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Yash Thakur.
(with PTI inputs)
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