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The LSG skipper and veteran batter KL Rahul has fallen on the receiving end of brutal trolls on social media following his sluggish approach in the first over of the second innings against Gujarat Titans. Notably, the 30-year-old happened to play a maiden over in the very first over of LSG’s run chase against the Titans.
Later on, the fans took to Twitter to troll the Karnataka batter for his poor approach in the shortest format of cricket i.e., T20 cricket. Fans went on to call out the LSG skipper for his sluggish approach once again in the limited-overs cricket.
Here’s how fans reacted:
KL Rahul and 1st over Maidens is the BEST love story ever !#IPL2O23 #LSGvGT
— Yash Agarwalla (@Yashagarwalla) April 22, 2023
When KL Rahul opens its T-19 #LSGvsGT
— Pranjal Srivastava (@TheRealPVS14) April 22, 2023
#LSGvsGT
— K ♡ (@sarphiribalika_) April 22, 2023
kl rahul to orange cap holders : pic.twitter.com/uyF7Gk1dzv
#LSGvsGT#klrahul#BKL#Rahul
— Dark Matter (@Dark_sno) April 22, 2023
bKL be like hum jis type ke aadami h na hume khud nhi pata hum kya krne wale h pic.twitter.com/Y5eOBqFkAO
Kyunki bhai kl rahul rcb se aaya tha na 😂🙃
— सक्षम¹⁸ (@imvk18king) April 22, 2023
KL Rahul striking 150+ on ekana while struggles on flat wickets
— Mritunjay Dubey (@mddubey409) April 22, 2023
Mai memes me aata hoon, samajh me nhi#crickettwitter pic.twitter.com/ePDBu5RzPJ
Yeh Banda pehle bahut sahi khelta tha...par kuch samy se iski form international cricket me down h ...hope he comeback before World Cup...
— सनकी युवा (@YuvaSanaki) April 22, 2023
#LSGvGT #LSGvsGT #KLRahul
— runmachinevirat (@runmachinevi143) April 22, 2023
"Plays slow on a great pitch"
"Plays fast on a slow pitch"
KL Rahul: pic.twitter.com/QBovRknnTx
He is playing his own league of T19 ...it's KL Rahul's world and we are living in it ! 😎
— Raj 🐺 (@the__choosenone) April 22, 2023
Everyone after GT innings said the pitch is slow...
— 199 (@CharanSmoki) April 22, 2023
Meanwhile @klrahul : pic.twitter.com/S37mXbuNjl
Talking about the current action of the match, Lucknow Super Giants have scored 87 runs for the loss of one wicket in 11 overs. They are chasing the target of 136 runs in 20 overs; at the time of filling this copy, skipper KL Rahul and senior all-rounder Krunal Pandya are there in the middle on the individual scores of 48 and 15 runs respectively. Kyle Mayers fell prey to Rashid Khan with an individual score of 24 runs on the third ball of the seventh over.
Earlier, it was Titans’ skipper Hardik Pandya who played a knock of 66 runs with two boundaries and four sixes. Other than him, Wriddhiman Saha’s 47-run knock also helped GT to post a total of 135 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Krunal Pandya and Marcus Stoinis scalped two wickets each alongside one wicket each by Naveen-ul-Haq and Amit Mishra.
Here’s a look at the playing XI of LSG in today’s match against Gujarat Titans:
KL Rahul (C), Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Ayush Badoni, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Prerak Mankad.