Will KL Rahul really lose his captaincy? LSG team official explained

Lucknow Super Giants are continuously losing in the Indian Premier League 2024 season. On Wednesday, Sunrisers Hyderabad achieved the target of 166 runs given by Lucknow in 9.4 overs without losing any wicket.

KL Rahul's captaincy is hot

After this, questions are being raised continuously on the captaincy of KL Rahul. The report has claimed that after this shameful defeat, KL Rahul will step down from the captaincy. Nicholas Pooran can be given the captaincy for other matches. But all these reports have been denied by a senior official of Lucknow team management. He said that we are not even thinking of removing the Captain at this time. We still have a chance to make it to the playoffs. Our focus is on this.

There is no question of change in captaincy

The officer asked why would we ask him to remove him from the post of captain and what was the need to do so. We are thinking about our upcoming match. There is no question of changing the captaincy. He said that many teams are at number 10th and 9th but they too are not thinking of change in captaincy. Then why should we think? We still have a chance for the playoffs because we are in sixth place. Every team has bad times or bad captaincy. This does not mean that it should be changed.

The report claims that Rahul will step down from captaincy

At present, according to the information received from IPL sources, there is a break of 5 days before the match against Delhi Capitals. However, no decision has been taken regarding this. If Rahul plans to just focus on his batting in the other 2 matches, the management will not have any problems. He said that Rahul can leave the captaincy before the next match. KL Rahul joined the Lucknow team with a contract of Rs 17 crore in the 2022 season. This was the team's first season. However, the report claims that the franchise may release KL Rahul before the IPL mega auction in 2025.

LSG owner also looked worried

In the match against Lucknow on Wednesday, Sunrisers opener Travis Head scored unbeaten 89 runs in 30 balls and Abhishek Sharma scored unbeaten 75 runs in 28 balls. They have achieved the target of 166 runs on 58 balls. After this defeat, the video of Lucknow franchise owner Sanjeev Goenka talking angrily to Rahul has also gone viral.