Lucknow Super Giants' (LSG) owner Sanjiv Goenka hosted the captain KL Rahul for dinner on Monday night, according to sources. A picture from the event, where Goenka is hugging Rahul, has gone viral on social media.
The picture and Goenka's gesture quash any rumors of a rift between the two after video clips of an animated discussion between them had gone viral following LSG's 10-wicket defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL last week.
KL Rahul with Sanjiv Goenka at the special Dinner in Sanjiv Goenka's home last night in Delhi. [LSG]
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 14, 2024
- All is well at LSG Camp. 🌟 pic.twitter.com/W5BtE0Qmff
LSG's assistant coach also came out to downplay the incident, calling it a "robust discussion".
“I see no problem in a robust discussion between two cricket lovers. For us, it is a storm in a tea cup. It’s not a big thing for us,” Klusener said in the press conference ahead of LSG's crucial match against Delhi Capitals later today.
A hapless LSG saw their below-par 165 for 4 being mercilessly chased down by SRH openers Travis Head (89 not out off 30 balls) and Abhishek Sharma (75 not out off 28) in just 9.4 overs to inflict a humiliating defeat on Rahul & Co in Hyderabad on May 8.
The damaging loss left LSG requiring to win both their remaining league fixtures (vs Delhi and Mumbai Indians) to harbor any hopes of qualifying for the playoffs.