Protecting his calm, Rahul grabbed a great catch on the second try to ship DC’s Shai Hope packing for 38 on the Arun Jaitley stadium.
The incident came about within the ninth over when Hope opened his arms and slapped a Ravi Bishnoi flat supply straight to cowl the place Rahul was stationed. After initially fumbling the ball, Rahul lobbed to his proper to finish the catch on the second try.
The catch had the LSG followers lauding Rahul on the stadium and Goenka too was impressed with the captain’s effort.
Earlier, Goenka hosted Rahul for dinner on Monday evening amid rumours of rift between the 2 after his public reprimand of the skipper publish the loss towards Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Image of Goenka and Rahul meet-up, each hugging Rahul, went immediately viral on social media.
The image and Goenka’s gesture quashed any rumours of a rift between the 2 after video clips of an animated dialogue between them had gone viral following LSG’s 10-wicket defeat towards SRH within the IPL final week.
LSG’s assistant coach additionally got here out to downplay the incident, calling it a “sturdy dialogue”.
“I see no downside in a strong dialogue between two cricket lovers. For us, it’s a storm in a tea cup. It’s not a giant factor for us,” Klusener mentioned within the press convention forward of LSG’s essential match towards Delhi Capitals later at the moment.
