NEW DELHI: There was quite a lot of chatter amongst cricket followers concerning Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) proprietor Sanjiv Goenka‘s strict strategy. Many imagine Goenka calls for sturdy outcomes from his staff. The discussions intensified lately after Goenka’s interactions with Rishabh Pant following LSG’s defeats sparked contemporary hypothesis.
The dialog round Goenka’s involvement started final 12 months when he was seen having a heated dialogue with then-captain KL Rahul after LSG’s heavy loss to SunRisers Hyderabad. Finally, KL Rahul moved on from LSG and joined Delhi Capitals for the IPL 2025 season.
Nevertheless, former LSG spinner Amit Mishra supplied clarification, describing Goenka as a pleasant and approachable determine who merely needs the perfect for his staff.
“I spoke to the coach final season, and he advised me that captain KL Rahul was doing all of the work. He was making the 11s, making all of the adjustments, and planning. However this 12 months, I do not really feel like that. This 12 months, after Zaheer Khan has come, I really feel like he’s speaking to everybody. When you see, there’s a dialogue occurring, they’re speaking to one another. With Digvesh Rathi the coach was speaking,” Mishra stated on Cricbuzz.
“When you speak concerning the proprietor, I by no means felt he was too concerned. After all, he wished the staff to win. However we did lose matches and after that he by no means talked loudly or stated something flawed. I really feel that the media has proven a little bit an excessive amount of. I did not really feel that there was something damaging like that. But when there’s any proprietor, he says that shedding is okay, however simply go on the market and present some struggle.
“Struggle and lose, I’ve no drawback. That is what individuals advised me. That is what occurred. Even after shedding badly in Kolkata and Hyderabad, the proprietor got here into the dressing room and motivated the staff. He by no means stated something flawed or in a really excessive tone,” he additional added.
As issues stand, LSG are sixth on the factors desk with 5 wins and 5 losses from 10 matches.