Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjeev Goenka makes a massive revelation about Kl Rahul’s future with the franchise. Goenka made it clear that all the decisions regarding the upcoming season will be made after the rules are announced. Kl Rahul has been with LSG since their debut IPL season in 2022. The team made it in the playoffs in back to back seasons under Rahul’s captaincy, however in the previous edition they failed to make it in the Knockouts.
In the 2024 IPL season Sanjeev Goenka was seen having a furious chat with Kl Rahul after Lucknow’s poor performance which gave rise to various speculations regarding Rahul’s future with the franchise.
On the other hand recently kl Rahul met Sanjeev Goenka to discuss the team’s strategy for the upcoming IPL seasons which put at end to all the speculations in the market. In his interaction with the PTI Sanjeev Goenka said that he was bit surprised to see that his meeting with Kl Rahul become a top news because he has been meeting with kl Rahul over the years . The Lucknow owner made it clear that kl Rahul is an important member of the Lucknow family and will remain so.
“Listen, I’ve been seeing KL often for the past three years. I’m a bit surprised that this meeting has drawn so much attention. Like I mentioned, we haven’t made any decisions until the rules about keeping players are announced,” Goenka said to the reporters as they introduced Zaheer Khan as their team mentor.
“However, KL has been a key and valuable member of the LSG family since the beginning. He’s had a very important job. He’s like part of our family and always will be.”
Speaking about their retention Stretegy Goenka made it clear that they have ample time and will discuss it with the members once the retention rules are made public by BCCI.
“We have all of September, October, and November to decide that. Let the policies be out. We have not even thought about the team going forward, whether retention will be three-four-five or six, we have no clue,” Goenka was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.
“Let us see, there is enough time, so bit by bit. Whatever decisions we take today will impact us for the medium term future, so it has to be very well thought out and considered. There is enough time for it, so it is too early. Let the BCCI announce the policy first, then there will be discussions.”
Lucknow Super Giants have announced Zaheer khan as their mentor for the upcoming IPL season
