In Short
- KL Rahul returned to Bangalore as the LSG captain
- Rahul smiled as he called Bangalore his home ground
- Rahul started his IPL career at Royal Challengers Bangalore
By India Today Sports DeskIndia batter KL Rahul returned to the M Chinnaswamy Stadium as the captain of the Lucknow Super Giants to play Royal Challengers Bangalore in their fourth match of the season in the Indian Premier League. At the toss, Rahul was asked about his fortunes home and away this season by broadcaster Danny Morrison, who quizzed the captain about his team’s loss against Chennai Super Kings. Rahul said that Bangalore was his home as well and had a wry smile on his face.
“For me, it’s still my home(smiles). We played only one away game where we lost but played really well back in Lucknow we won a couple of games. We focus on what we can control,” Rahul said at the toss.
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The LSG captain forgot the changes in his team that made for a hilarious moment during the toss.
“Yeah, few changes for us. Mark Wood comes in and Romario Shepherd goes out. Also, Yash Thakur misses out. Ahh… There is one more change as well,” Rahul said.
The Indian opener started off his career at the Royal Challengers Bangalore and then moved to SunRisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings and now Lucknow Super Giants. Rahul will be expected to deliver in the Bangalore ground as LSG hunt their second win of the season. Lucknow would hope to exact revenge against RCB after their playoffs loss in the 2022 edition of the tournament where Rajat Patidar took apart Rahul’s side at Eden Gardens.
Lucknow have done well at home, using their conditions to their advantage. In the first match against Delhi Capitals, they unleashed Mark Wood in the powerplay overs, while against SunRisers Hyderabad, the spinners were brought into action.
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