IPL 2024: The KL Rahul - Sanjiv Goenka Controversy

The Lucknow Super Giants faced off against the Sunrisers Hyderabad last evening at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. The visitors has a terrible night out as they were battered by the SRH openers, who chased down LSG's total of 166 runs inside 10 overs. LSG bowlers were taken to the cleaners and KL Rahul looked helpless against the onslaught.

Post match, the owner of the LSG franchise, industrialist Sanjiv Goenka was caught on camera having, what looked like a heated argument with KL Rahul. Emotions were running high and the businessman was visibly upset with the humiliating loss.

This has sparked debates about the involvement of franchise owners with players. Goenka is known as a result oriented owner but the way he interacted with KL Rahul has not gone down well with fans. Most fans believe that Sanjiv Goenka should have had a closed door discussion with KL Rahul and not done so in front of hundreds of cameras.

Last night's loss hurt LSG's playoff chances badly as their Net Run Rate dipped majorly. It will be interesting to see how KL Rahul and Co get back on their feet.