Krishnappa Gowtham Ignites Sanjiv Goenka-KL Rahul Controversy, Says ‘He Was A Little Disappointed’

New Delhi: The animated chat between Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjiv Goenka and captain KL Rahul after their loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2024 still draws people’s attention. LSG all-rounder Krishnappa Gowtham became essentially the most brand new to open up on the problem. He recalled that Goenka became upset with the team’s performance and stated that Rahul became in search of to produce a proof for to his boss what went wrong.

Following SRH’s 10-wicket win over LSG, Goenka lost his calm as he became caught on camera having a animated chat with Rahul. The clip went viral without delay on social media, drawing severe criticism on the LSG owner. The loss also meant LSG were out of the playoff contention because of the online run rate. Goenka became seen extremely disappointed with the performance, especially KL Rahul, who made 20 runs off 33 balls in that match.

“He (franchise owner Sanjeev Goenka) became slightly disappointed with the way within which (we) lost the game. Any human will have emotions and can undergo that rollercoaster. KL being KL, he kept his calm. He heard him out. He didn’t take either of the side. He didn’t take the owner’s side or the players’ side. He kept his calm and became being attentive to the entirety because he had to analyse it earlier than explaining it (to Goenka on what went wrong),” Gowtham stated.

“It became slightly animated but I suspect somebody that has invested a out of the ordinary deal of effort and time throughout the team and to see the way within which we lost that game. I suspect it shows the sort of passion he has for the team and the values he has for the team. He wants us to win the entirety and he wants us to experience that. (The loss) disappointed him and that’s why he reacted the way within which he reacted,” he added.

Lucknow Super Giants ended their IPL 2024 campaign at seventh spot with seven wins and seven losses. While several media reports state that the Goenka desires to have a new captain in IPL 2025, Rahul flew the whole way down to Kolkata to fulfill the LSG boss at the latter’s place of business. Though Goenka stated Rahul is kind of a ‘family’ but there is still doubt whether the superstar Indian batter would continue with the team in next season.

Recently, LSG unveiled former India pacer Zaheer Khan because the mentor of the side. He'll also couple up with the role of a bowling coach, which became vacant since reports of Morne Morkel joining the Indian national team came out.