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In IPL 2024, Lucknow Super Giants opened their account by defeating Punjab Kings in the last match. The special thing was that regular captain KL Rahul did not captain the team in that match. In his place Nicholas Puran was the captain of the team. Whereas KL Rahul participated in the match as an impact player. It is noteworthy that KL Rahul was injured in the first test of the England series. Somehow he made a comeback in IPL but is still not completely fit. This is the reason that now in the middle of the season, only Puran can be seen as the captain continuously and there can be a change in the captaincy of Lucknow.
Rahul is not fit at all…!
According to the information received, Rahul is not completely fit yet. He practiced batting in the nets but was not seen doing wicketkeeping. This is the reason that now KL Rahul is not considered capable of captaining the team in the next few matches. If Rahul is not fit then only Puran can captain the team for the entire season. Rahul can be seen as an influential player. Faf du Plessis has performed consistently in IPL 2023 and Virat Kohli has led RCB in many matches.
Danger in T20 World Cup
Due to the suspense over KL Rahul's fitness, it is now looking difficult for him to play in the T20 World Cup. Because for some time now, Rahul's position has become like that of a wicketkeeper batsman. Whereas the team also has other contenders for this post. These included Sanju Samson, Jitesh Sharma and Dhruv Jurel, now Rishabh Pant is also fit and has staked his claim. In such a situation, there is a clear threat to Rahul's place due to him not being completely fit.
Talking about Lucknow Super Giants in the current IPL, the team is at sixth position in the points table with 2 points from two wins and one loss. Apart from this, in the first match under the captaincy of Rahul, the team had to face defeat by 20 runs against Rajasthan Royals. Then under the captaincy of Nicholas Puran, the team won the second match against Punjab by 21 runs. The team will now play its third match against RCB on Tuesday. It is almost certain that Puran will captain in this match also.