It is hard to digest for any team when their premier batters depart without facing a single delivery and it happened for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Saturday. The batter is none other than their skipper KL Rahul, who was halfway down the track while answering the call for a single from his opening partner, Quinton de Kock, before a direct hit from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper, Shreyas Iyer did the damage.
LSG witnessed a forgettable start against KKR in the 53rd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at MCA Stadium in Pune. They lost their skipper KL Rahul, who had been in impressive form with the bat, in the opening over. However, the dismissal happened in a dramatic way. It was a full-length delivery from Tim Southee, which was swinging in. Quinton de Kock played that towards a short extra cover and wanted to take a single.
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Then, after watching the KKR skipper charging in, de Kock decided not to run. However, in the process, Rahul was halfway down the track. He then tried to get back to the non-strikers’ end but a bullet throw from Shreyas did not allow him to complete it. The replay showed Rahul was marginally outside of the crease. As a result, the RR skipper, who has already aggregated more than 450 runs in IPL 2022, departed without facing a ball. In cricket terms, it is called Diamond Duck.
Here is the video of the direct hit from Shreyas Iyer:
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock (wk), KL Rahul (c), Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Ayush Badoni, Jason Holder, Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan
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Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Aaron Finch, Baba Indrajith (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi, Harshit Rana
KL Rahul is run-out without facing a ball – what a throw by Shreyas Iyer.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 7, 2022
KL Rahul departs on diamond duck, Lucknow Super Giants loses their important wicket. #KKRvsLSG | #KKRvLSG | #LSGvsKKR | #LSGvKKR | #KLRahul | #IPL2022
— Paritosh Kumar 🏏 (@Paritosh_2016) May 7, 2022
KL Rahul is so frustratingly inconsistent this season
— s.🪻 (@godsfavvchild) May 7, 2022
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#KLRahul out on 0 😂😂😂😂 #KKRvsLSG
— $iddhanth goenka (@sidgoenka) May 7, 2022
