The heavy crowded Opal Stadium witnessed Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjeev Goenka scolding KL Rahul surrounded by cameras from all sides, and whether it was the right to unsettle KL Rahul, who captains Lucknow, is a matter of debate.
It’s true that owners of teams like him are quite passionate; they want to be involved, they want their team to do well, and when their team doesn’t perform well and loses matches badly, they feel disappointed.
However, it should also be understood that no player deliberately comes to the match or performs poorly. The way Sanjeev Goenka behaved with KL Rahul, who is the captain of Lucknow, may not be right in any way.
This issue has sparked a lot of discussion, with fans criticizing it on social media and even in post-match shows. It was mentioned that this behavior doesn’t look good on TV.
All these things should be kept behind closed doors, but yesterday’s match was not a good one for cricket. When a team scores 165 runs while batting first and the chasing team comfortably achieves the target without losing any wickets in just 58 balls, it feels like a punching bag has been placed in front of a pro boxer to hit until it’s completely unconscious.
Perhaps Sanjeev Goenka was quite disappointed with KL Rahul for this, but even after being disappointed, KL Rahul is a professional cricketer who plays for the Indian team and has also captained it. In such a situation, he should not behave like this.
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Sometimes team owners, who are out-of-control passionate, become too emotionally exposed in such situations. When trust is disappointed, they also remember to export it. But in reality, any Indian team owner should not behave like this.
You might have seen this in football where many big teams lose matches, but you will never find owners behaving really invalidly in the ground or stands.
Even in IPL, owners like Shah Rukh Khan for Kolkata Knight Riders, when there was a need for 96 runs in last 5 overs, and Jos Buttler thrashed KKR, Kolkata’s bowlers had bowled very poorly, but still Shah Rukh Khan did not show any anger to any players.
He said, “Well played” to all and even hugged Jos Buttler who had destroyed his team. Gautam Gambhir praised him, saying that as an owner, he is like a very good person, kind-hearted, doesn’t put weather pressure on me, and that he had had never misbehaved after any match
So whatever Sanjeev Goenka did, his harsh criticism should be because it’s not good for cricket at all.
