Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper, KL Rahul was seen limping off the ground after suffering a hamstring injury against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Monday, May 1. On the last ball of the second over, Rahul fell near the boundary as his counterpart Faf du Plessis scored a four. Rahul appeared to have tweaked his right hamstring muscle while chasing the ball.
KL Rahul looked in immense pain as the physios were taking care of him. LSG brought a stretcher but Rahul opted to walk off the field with help from physios. In the absence of Rahul, Krunal Pandya is currently leading LSG since he was the designated vice-captain.
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Lucknow Super Giants are second in the IPL table, with 10 points from eight games. If LSG registered a win over RCB on May 1, they would take the top spot on the points table. LSG is coming on the back of a thrilling 56-run win over Punjab Kings after registering the second-highest team total (257/5) in the history of the IPL.
Here are the videos of the incident:
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KL Rahul, at the toss, said that his team discussed not having a fixed mindset. “Having played here (Lucknow) twice, we know that spin will be used more than pace here. Just want to hold our composure during crunch moments. The only thing we spoke about is to not come with a fixed mindset and we gotta bowl well and restrict them to a low total,” Rahul said.
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India will hope Rahul’s injury is not serious, as they are already without Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, and Jasprit Bumrah for the marquee clash in the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia. another blow for LSG, the broadcaster also confirmed that left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat had suffered an injury on Sunday. Both Unadkat and Rahul are part of India’s WTC final squad.
Twitteratis also noted the severity of the situation and reacted to the incident on the social media platform.
Humanity is lost somewhere 🙁how people can be happy at someone's injury💔😔
Does humanity exist? #KLRahul #LSGvsRCB pic.twitter.com/52k4RLyhiU— Pawan kumar (@Pawanar02106943) May 1, 2023
Mc people enjoying KL Rahul's injury.
Itni kya hate hai isse. 😔 #LSGvsRCB pic.twitter.com/xIuMIQl595
— Kunal Yadav (@kunaalyaadav) May 1, 2023
I just hope and pray that injury shouldn't be a serious one to KL ❤️🥺🤞 #KLRahul #LSGvsRCB pic.twitter.com/n5lYTWlo2a
— Pawan kumar (@Pawanar02106943) May 1, 2023
KL Rahul is off the field with a suspected hamstring injury! 😟
(Pic – Jio Cinema/IPL)#IPL #LSGvRCB #KLRahul pic.twitter.com/lSClW3tk3D
— Jega8 (@imBK08) May 1, 2023
Kl rahul knows if he stays on the field RCB will lose the match that's why he left the field excusing injury because I am an RCB fan.
I know my GOAT @klrahul 🐐
— KL Rahul FC (@KlolZone) May 1, 2023
looks like KL Rahul is out of WTC finals with this injury. Rahane is inevitable. he's deffo making the playing XI now.
— Mikhail #XaviOut (@SellTerStegen) May 1, 2023
Atleast show some concern, When he injured..
— Akh!l (@SarleNuvvelluuu) May 1, 2023
kL Rahul injury 🩸 🤕 , seems like bad news for RCB.#LSGvsRCB #KLRahul
— Master Blaster (@Masterrblastter) May 1, 2023
