Fans troll KL Rahul after his poor innings against Punjab Kings

KL Rahul, the skipper of the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), was removed for only 12 runs off nine balls on Friday against the Punjab Kings (PBKS). He did start off strong with a boundary and a six, but later on, against Kagiso Rabada’s bowling, he blasted one delivery straight into the hands of a short third man.

Rahul’s strike rate has drawn a lot of attention since, despite scoring 68 runs against the Gujarat Titans, he needed 61 balls to complete his innings. As a result, Lucknow lost a match they should have won easily.

Fans on Twitter trolled KL Rahul for another failure and some were also disappointed with the soft dismissal. Here are some of the reactions:

LSG’s high total of 257 is now the second-highest total in the history of the IPL. They fall six runs shy of matching the highest IPL total ever set a decade ago. They hit the boundary or over it with more than a third of their deliveries. On the other hand, Punjab’s fielding was poor, and mental errors cropped up frequently throughout the innings, including four no-balls and a wicket caught while stepping on the boundary that turned into a six.

As they say, Cricket is a great leveler. Arshdeep who just gave 15 runs in his last 2 overs against the Mumbai Indians, today, the left arm seamer went for 54 runs in his 4 overs. 

Lucknow also after failing to score 130 odd runs against Gujarat came all guns blazing today attacking from the get-go. The carnage was started by Mayers and ended by Hooda. Punjab have a huge mountain to climb and it is more than a herculean task. 

Tweets about KL Rahul

Here are some of the hillarious tweets about KL Rahul after his below par knock:

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