The Lucknow Super Giants will play their first IPL match on Tuesday after Sanjeev Goenka publicly threatened Lokesh Rahul. The IPL’s Lucknow franchise finally opened up on Tuesday about the incident of last Wednesday. Lucknow have a crucial match against Sourav Ganguly’s Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday.
A Bollywood actress uploaded a story on Instagram on this day. The play of clouds and sun on the sea. It says, “The calm after the storm’. Which in Bengali means peace after the storm. Seeing this, cricket lovers remember the Rahul-Goenka storm. Even so, questions have started to arise about Rahul’s future in Lucknow. So has Rahul made the final decision? Or settled in Lucknow Camp? Speculations have started on social media about the hint of ‘peace’ in the picture of sunshine behind the clouds.
A press conference had to be held as per the rules on the day before the match. Lance Klusner, one of the team’s assistant coaches, appeared before the reporters on behalf of Lucknow. Naturally, the topic of Goenka’s bullying of Rahul has come up. The former South African all-rounder did not want to give special importance to the controversial incident. “I don’t see any problem with a heated conversation between two cricket lovers,” Kluzner said. For us, it’s like a teacup. It’s not a big deal for us.
A humiliated Rahul may resign from the leadership of Lucknow after that incident. Klusner declined to comment on the matter. He said that everything was normal at the party. Delhi has collected 12 points in 13 matches played so far in the IPL. They are number six on the list. On the other hand, Lucknow collected 12 points after playing 12 matches.