In a shocking and disappointing piece of news for the Lucknow Super Giants and the Indian national cricket team, the veteran batter KL Rahul has reportedly been ruled out of the remainder of the ongoing edition of the IPL 2023. With this, his stint as skipper has also ended with LSG in the current season.
Notably, the Karnataka batter sustained an injury while he was playing for LSG in an IPL 2023 match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. A few of the confirmed media reports have learned that Rahul is already in Mumbai for the scans and subsequently, taking immediate notice, the Indian Cricket Board has taken over the entire case with immediate effect.
Meanwhile, a section of the fans didn’t miss this chance to come up with a lot of interesting and different kinds of reactions on the micro-blogging site Twitter. Some of the fans expressed concern over India’s preparations for the much-anticipated Test Championship Final against Australia. Whereas, a few other fans happened to take a sly dig at KL Rahul as he was enduring a poor run of form with the bat while representing India in the Tests at the highest level of the game.
Here's how fans reacted:
Accha chalta hoon agle IPL tak yaad rakhna.
— Naveen (@_naveenish) May 4, 2023
Thats gud news. pic.twitter.com/BygQSkX2JB
— Rahul Sharan (@RahulSharan2000) May 4, 2023
End of KL Rahul Era.... Don't think he can make a comeback now......
— ColtKshatriya (@KshatriyaColt) May 4, 2023
ICC world cup 2023?
— AB (@SportyMehar) May 4, 2023
What Chances for WTC Final ??@CricCrazyJohns
— Sonu (@Sonu_jat18) May 4, 2023
Probably KL ruled out for cricket 2023🫡
— GAURAB (@gaurab_sinha) May 4, 2023
Ab LSG bhi achcha khelegi 💪
— ᴀᴀʀᴀᴠ (@Aarav_hoon1) May 4, 2023
Big relief for LSG ...also remove Gautam GAMBHIR
— Pawan Shukla (@Shukla8175) May 4, 2023
bada aaya tha matter manage karne wala
— PrinCe (@Prince8bx) May 4, 2023
accha hua gaya...ab ladai nhi rukegi
Finally a good news for लखनऊ
— Nobita Gupta (@Nobiita52) May 4, 2023
Although an official statement is still awaited from KLR’s IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants and the Indian Cricket Board for the concern of national duties. As per the reports and assumptions, it is being speculated that Rahul may have sustained a hamstring or hip injury which is yet to be confirmed with the results and reports of the scans.
For the unversed, the 31-year-old had also gone through a hernia surgery in Germany and the doctors are taking all the facts in their few important points to note before his treatment.