IPL 2023Lucknow Super Giants coaches should be blamed for team's loss vs RCB, says Imran Tahir

By India Today Sports DeskLucknow Super Giants failed to chase down 127 runs at the Ekana Stadium on Monday, 1 May while playing against Royal Challengers Bangalore. In the absence of KL Rahul, who did not open the innings due to injury, Lucknow imploded on a slow and sticky Ekana track. Former South Africa spinner Imran Tahir, while speaking on Star Sports said that the LSG coaches should also share the blame alongside their players for messing up the chase.

LSG batters got out trying to play their shots in the second innings, fully knowing that it was difficult to play through the line on the Lucknow deck. Tahir analysed the game and felt that the directive to play their shots must have come from the LSG management, something that he considered a grave mistake.

“Everyone knew that KL Rahul was injured and that he wouldn’t bat. So their batters should have taken the responsibility and the coaches should have communicated with them and made a proper plan,” Tahir said on Star Sports.

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“This is their home ground. What amazed me is that everyone went in and tried to play shots. I don’t think those shots were required. You had seen Faf du Plessis, who concentrated primarily on singles and he is not like that. Normally he is an aggressive player, he is a player who goes and plays his shots,” he further added.

The former spinner lauded the Royal Challengers Bangalore side, who were pumped up for this game. RCB had lost their first encounter vs LSG in a final ball thriller at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The heat from that game boiled over to the Ekana clash and provided some controversial moments in the second innings of the game.

“I believe RCB looked more hungry in this game. The way their bowlers bowled was according to the pitch and they used their spinners very well. The fast bowlers used the slower ones and Josh Hazlewood got good bounce,” Tahir concluded.