KL Rahul guilty of LSG defeat: His slow batting in the Powerplay made the team heavy, scored 10 runs in 19 balls, and went on

The 63rd match of IPL 15 was played between Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants. Rajasthan team won the match by 24 runs. If we talk about the villain of this match, then Lucknow captain KL Rahul can be considered the villain of the match.

Rahul failed in the third consecutive innings and made 10 runs off 19 balls and walked towards the pavilion. Before this match, he was out without opening an account against Gujarat and Kolkata. Rahul's slow innings against Rajasthan increased the pressure on the rest of the batsmen.

Rahul batted very slowly in the powerplay to play cautiously against Trent Boult

In the last match against Rajasthan, Rahul was bowled on the very first ball of Trent Boult without opening the account. The pressure of that match was visible in his batting this time too. Rahul was also finding it difficult to rotate the strike in front of Trent Boult.

It is said that an attack is the best form of defense. Rahul was not ready to do this against Bolt at all. As a result, chasing a big target, LSG got off to a slow start in the powerplay.

Rahul is easily caught in the trap laid by the famous Krishna

The famous Krishna, who played in the Karnataka team with Rahul, took the last over of the power play. Till now Rahul was dotting most of the balls. In this over, he thought of opening his hand. On the very first ball of the over, Rahul played a lofted cover drive on a full-length ball outside off-stump. The ball goes over the extra cover boundary for 6 runs. Fans felt that after going through the first 5 overs of the power play, Rahul would now be back in rhythm.

On the third ball of the over, the famous Krishna did not give room to Rahul at all. Famous Krishna had hit a six from the front foot on the first ball of the over, so he forced Rahul to play a shot from the back foot. Back of length ball, Rahul thought of driving over a point from the back foot. Meanwhile, he could not cross the fielder. Yashasvi Jaiswal took a brilliant catch of Rahul over his head.

Rajasthan entered the top 2 of the points table

Rajasthan Royals strengthened their hopes of reaching the playoffs by defeating Lucknow Super Giants in the second match played on Sunday in IPL 2022. He has 16 points from 13 matches. Lucknow also has 16 points from 13 matches. Due to a better run rate, RR has now reached number-2 in the points table.

Batting first after winning the toss, Rajasthan scored 178 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal played the highest innings with 41 runs. In reply, the Lucknow team could score only 154 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Deepak Hooda scored the highest 59 runs. Trent Boult, Prashant Krishna, and Obed McCoy took two wickets each. Bolt had scored 17 runs in 9 balls, showing his hand in batting as well.