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Former New Zealand fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan believes that Lucknow Super Giants i.e. LSG will not qualify for the IPL 2024 playoffs after their defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad i.e. SRH on Wednesday, May 8. SRH achieved the target of 166 runs in just 9.4 runs without losing a single wicket. Lucknow team and team captain KL Rahul kept watching. Lucknow’s net run rate also dropped due to the defeat and McClenaghan feels that it will be a big task for them to come back psychologically as well.
“I think it’s a blow that will knock them out of the tournament. I think they will do very well to bounce back from this loss. I think that will be a testament to that,” Mitchell McClenaghan said on ESPNcricinfo as his team arrived. The year will be competitive in the new era of T20 cricket and IPL.” Travis Head scored 89 runs off 30 balls and Abhishek Sharma scored an unbeaten 75 runs off 28 balls. Both these batsmen beat the bowlers at both ends and eliminated all four LSG players. He also spoke about KL.
One batsman had a strike rate close to 300, another close to 250, another close to 200 and another close to 150 in this match. In the same match, KL Rahul scored 29 runs in 33 balls at a strike rate of less than 100. Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 107 runs in the powerplay itself. For this reason, McClenaghan has said that this will remind KL Rahul that in modern cricket you need to show intent. He also says that this is a wake-up call for KL Rahul.
He said, “It’s a wakeup call for KL. If KL Rahul is not aware of that style of cricket, he will face problems. To continue playing for India, you have to show intent. I don’t know what he can do. Do, as we’ve seen with Virat Kohli, but it’s about the intention “Okay, I need to score runs, but if I miss, it’s okay.”