KL Rahul batted slowly during the middle overs, which impacted Lucknow Super Giants against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens. The Elimination match of IPL 2022 went in RCB’s favour after LSG fell short by 14 runs.
Earlier, Rajat Patidar’s 112 not out took the Bangalore-based franchise to 207/4 in 20 overs while Lucknow managed 193/6 despite their captain Rahul batting almost till the end. Rahul scored 79 off 58 balls before he was dismissed by Josh Hazlewood.
Former India cricketers Ravi Shastri and Dodda Ganesh reacted to Rahul’s knock, saying he should gone after the bowlers a bit more.
Former India head coach Shastri said Rahul should have taken more risks between the 9th and the 14th over.
Former India fast bowler Ganesh said he ‘didn’t understand Rahul’s batting in the middle overs of the innings.