In utter dismay to the Lucknow Super Giants, the skipper KL Rahul has been taken off the field due to the injury that he sustained during the ongoing 43rd match of the Indian Premier League 2023 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Notably, both teams are playing this match at the AB Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Meanwhile, a section of cricket fans immediately took to Twitter to share a lot of memes and reactions on the micro-blogging site as KL Rahul went off the field during the action of the match against RCB. The hosts are now playing in the match in the absence of their regular skipper.
Here’s how fans reacted:
RCB ki mushkiley badhti hui..
— N I T I N (@theNitinWalke) May 1, 2023
Oh shit, with KL off the field, LSG got more stronger now#LSGvsRCB
— ABDul Sohail (@Kingof9realms24) May 1, 2023
Sometimes feel bad for him, then again I remember his strike rate.
— Cricket Geek (@CricketGeek007) May 1, 2023
Oh no. RCBs 12th man is injured😅😅😅😅
— CriC Talk(COMMUNITY FOR CRICKET LOVERS) (@INDFAM_BBS) May 1, 2023
Follow if you agree 🫡🫡🔥🔥❤️❤️
Keep him there only if Lucknow really want to win this.
— Naveen (@_naveenish) May 1, 2023
You got to feel for KL there, hope nothing serious. pic.twitter.com/oGYm3pydN9
— Rahul Sharma (@CricFnatic) May 1, 2023
Looks something serious out there
— jetha hi🏆ler 🐦 (@sterns_haschen) May 1, 2023
Will be out for a few matches or may be ruled out
Hoping for Speedy recovery
LSG just increased their chances of winning IPL if he gets injured for the rest of ipl
— Sarcastic Cowboy (@SarcasticCowboy) May 1, 2023
Inside. pic.twitter.com/ByCcUfxazK
— Mathurji (@Quickwitted_0) May 1, 2023
BCCI throw kl out of indian team.
— Sir Godfather Akatsuki (@_Know_pein) May 1, 2023
He does not deserve a place
Rip WTC Final
— वेदांत 🥱 (@KohliDrive74) May 1, 2023
Talking about the ongoing action of the match between LSG and RCB, the visitors’ skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, they have scored 79 runs for the loss of two wickets in 12.1 overs so far. At the time of filling this copy, skipper Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell were there in the middle on the individual scores of 33 and 4 runs respectively.
Former skipper and batting superstar, Virat Kohli failed to live up to his stature and went back to the pavilion after getting dismissed off Ravi Bishnoi. He scored 31 runs off 30 runs with three boundaries having a below-par strike rate of 103.33.
Spinners Ravi Bishnoi and Krishnappa Gowtham have scalped one wicket each for the Lucknow Super Giants.
Here’s a look at LSG playing XI against RCB in today’s match:
KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Krishnappa Gowtham, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra.