Sanjiv Goenka, KL Rahul share warm hug a week after public spat over LSG’s 10-wicket defeat | PICS
ALSO READ: Netizens have special message for LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka; say, ‘learn from SRK’ Goenka came in the eye of the storm after his animated chat with LSG skipper KL Rahul was perceived as a public dressing down of the captain, after Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 10 wickets on May 8. The incident invited sharp reactions. Soon after the conversation became public, reports also surfaced about Rahul leaving Lucknow Super Giants next season.
According to a Times of India report, LSG coach Justin Langer said that the conversation might have looked “aggressive, but it was quite tame". “Our plan for the game didn’t go perfectly. In fact, it was a disaster.
After the game, Mr Goenka came onto the field and asked KL, ‘What happened? Our plan that we talked about hasn’t worked. What do we do now?’ And then we talked through it. The sound was off, no one heard what was said.
It might have looked quite aggressive, but it was really quite tame," Langer had said. ALSO READ: Sanjiv Goenka vs KL Rahul: Naveen ul Haq's cryptic post on Instagram | Watch On May 13, LSG assistant coach Lance Klusener said the animated conversation between Rahul and Goenka was a “robust discussion" between “two cricket lovers". “I see no problem in a robust discussion between two cricket lovers.
For us, it is a storm in a tea cup. It's not a big thing for us," Klusener said. In the current season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Rahul has struggled to score runs at a quick pace.Milestone Alert!
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