It was an inexplicably subliminal performance by an otherwise formidable side that seemed to have done in by left handers on both sides. LSG Star opener Quinton Decock failed yet again with the bat and two lefty batters, Narine from KKR and Head from SRH dealt crushing blows (in sixes and fours only !) in consecutive matches that exposed weaknesses of Lucknow’s inept bowling attack ! After a stunning debut in first two LSG matches, Mayank Yadav is facing fitness issues and not in the playing squad & poor KL Rahul finds it difficult now to enthuse his bowlers against such batting onslaughts !
You don’t have to know Charles Dickens to say ‘It was the worst times ..and summer of discontent’ if one were to empathize with the plight of Captain KL Rahul as his team LSG was routed humiliatingly by SRH and clips of the dressing down he was getting from the LSG Team Owners in public after that huge loss by 10 wickets, that went viral. T20 Cricket and specially the IPL format is heavily tilted towards big-hitting batters and ‘impact’ players rule and best teams find it tough to be consistent across all matches – LSG had it’s saddest days in office but can bounce back in next two games !
The LSG Bosses firing the Captain on the field reminds of the line that our trainers in the Bank exhorted in management classes ‘Praise in public and reprimand in private’ . There are days when a unit leader and his entire team is down in the dumps, unable to come to terms with a debacle and a sub-par performance, it is the Top Management that should support them with morale boosting words rather than chastise in full view and undermine their self-belief. Bosses over eager for success and unable to back their boys in their hour of defeat, end up with teams that go into disarray instead of recouping after the losses.
The loyal fans of LSG may want to send an unsolicited quote from Robert Kennedy for Sanjeev Goenka, LSG Team Owner for his arrogant and thoughtless actions ‘Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly’ ! And a quote from Bob Marley for the beleaguered LSG skipper, KL Rahul ‘You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice’ ! In T20 cricket, one big defeat can be followed by a big win and KL Rahul has seen it all !
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