Lucknow Super Giants' (LSG) owner Sanjiv Goenka hosted captain KL Rahul for dinner on Monday night, according to sources. A picture from the event, where Goenka is hugging Rahul, has gone viral on social media.
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The picture and Goenka's gesture quashes any rumours of a rift between the two after video clips of an animated discussion between them had gone viral following LSG's 10-wicket defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL last week.
LSG's assistant coach also came out to downplay the incident, calling it a "robust discussion".
“I see no problem in a robust discussion between two cricket lovers. For us, it is a storm in a tea cup. It’s not a big thing for us,” Klusener said in the press conference ahead of LSG's crucial match against Delhi Capitals later today.
A hapless LSG saw their below par 165 for 4 being mercillesly chased down by SRH openers Travis Head (89 not out off 30 balls) and Abhishek Sharma (75 not out off 28) in just 9.4 overs to inflict a humiliating defeat on Rahul & Co in Hyderabad on May 8.
The damaging loss left LSG requiring to win both their remaining league fixtures (vs Delhi and Mumbai Indians) to harbor any hopes of qualifying for the playoffs.
