Sunrisers Hyderabad produced a display of purely aggressive batting as Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma led them to a massive 10-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2024 on Wednesday. Chasing a target of 166, SRH did not lose a single wicket and completed the chase in just 9.4 overs. It was a big loss for LSG, who suffered a huge blow in their IPL 2024 playoff race. After the match, LSG owner Sanjeev Goenka was caught on camera having a fiery conversation with Rahul – something that has enraged social media. The video of the incident went viral and many social media users were not happy with Goenka's treatment towards the LSG captain after the loss.
“I'm at a loss for words. We've seen that kind of batting on TV. But this is unreal batting. Everything seemed to find the middle of the bat. Kudos to their skills. They've worked hard on their six batting skills. they didn't.” It doesn't give us a chance to know what the pitch played in the second innings.”
Sanjiv Goenka behaves so rudely to KL Rahul in public in front of cameras because of the loss.
KLR should get out of this Shit franchise
Horrible. Awful. Miserable. #SRHvLSG | #KLRahul | #SamPitroda pic.twitter.com/owiyOWr31K
— ஷிபின் Shibin (மோடியின் குடும்பம்) (@Shibin_twitz) May 9, 2024
“It was difficult to stop them when they teed off from ball one. Once you are on the losing side, there are question marks over the decisions made. We were 40-50 runs short. When we lost wickets in the powerplay, We couldn't do that.” Ayush and Nicky batted well to take us to 166. But even if we had got 240, they could have gone after it,” Rahul said after the match.
Very unprofessional and undignified behavior from LSG owner Goenka towards captain #KLRahul. There are dignified ways to express criticism and unhappiness. #TravisHead is in a completely different mode, no one can stop him. #SRHvsLSG #LSGvsSRHpic.twitter.com/nPqTG88jie
— Ganpat Teli (@gateposts_) May 9, 2024
Unprofessional and unacceptable behavior from Goenka with talented #KLRahul pic.twitter.com/iDWVtjiSpt
— Ashish (@error040290) May 9, 2024
Money can't teach you manners.
Leaders compliment in public and criticize in private.
Unprofessional and unacceptable behavior from #Goenka of #KLRahul
Imagine the humiliation and shame his employees face. #SRHvLSG
pic.twitter.com/fuRcHLB6WR— Neetu Khandelwal (@T_Investor_) May 9, 2024
After this public spat under cameras, I am sure KL Rahul will leave LSG next year. Great to see big money riding in IPL and understand the frustration as an owner, but it speaks volumes about Sanjiv Goenka as a boss!!
Never do your dirty laundry in public pic.twitter.com/ilKV8UltDb
— Yo Yo Funny Singh (@moronhumor) May 8, 2024
SRH captain Pat Cummins was also stunned by his team's performance.
“On he changed the pitch) Maybe Travis and Abhishek did that. We just let them go, they are two guys who are very positive and I am a bowler, it is difficult for me to give them any input. ( About Travis Head) ) He has been like that for two years, he hits the difficult areas, hits the middle a lot, may not be super conventional (About Abhishek Sharma) Just an incredible player with spin and pace. With only two fielders out, is that really so hard for the bowlers against them (on where the game is going) I think the scores have gone up, and when the wickets are good it's hard to come up with answers against batters when they get going fantastic season , but to win this with less than 10 overs played is unreal,” he said.
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