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Captain Krunal Pandya again did not give place to Deepak Hooda in the team
New Delhi. Fighting in the cricket ground is not a new thing. Often this happens between the players and then reconciliation also happens. There was a dispute between two players Krunal Pandya and Deepak Hooda playing for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2023 while playing for the home team Baroda 2 years ago. Then Deepak left the team in the middle of the season after accusing Krunal of abusing him and ending his career. But, both are playing from the same team in IPL 2023 and before the start of the season, there were also reports that both have decided to forget the old feud and move forward.
But ever since Krunal Pandya got the captaincy of Lucknow Super Giants after KL Rahul’s injury, since then it is getting wind that even though both have hugged, but hearts have not met.
Such discussion is also happening because Krunal Pandya did not give Deepak Hooda a place in the playing-11 in the 58th match of IPL 2023 being played against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Prerak Mankad came in his place. This is the second match after Krunal Pandya took over the captaincy of Lucknow, when Deepak Hooda has not been given a place in the playing-XI. However, he is included as a substitute against Hyderabad. But, it doesn’t seem like he should get Krunal out for batting.
Krunal again dropped Deepak from the team
Let us tell you that before this, on May 3, there was a clash between Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings. In this match itself, Krunal took over the captaincy of Lucknow Super Giants for the first time in this season. He got this responsibility when KL Rahul was injured and as soon as he got the captaincy, he dropped Deepak Hooda from the team in the very first match.
Even then there was a lot of ruckus on social media and it was discussed that Krunal has taken revenge from the old enemy. However, after this, on May 7, Lucknow had a match against Gujarat Titans and in that match, Krunal definitely included Deepak in the playing-XI. But, Deepak, who came out to bat at number three, was dismissed after scoring 11 runs.
Is Krunal taking revenge on Deepak?
In such a situation, as soon as he was sat out in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, the debate started again that Krunal has not forgotten the old enemy and is taking revenge on Deepak. However, how much truth is there in this, only the team management would know.
By the way, Deepak Hooda’s performance in IPL 2023 is fading. He has scored 64 runs in 10 matches at an average of 7. 17 has been his best score.
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Tags: Deepak Hooda, IPL 2023, Krunal Pandya, Lucknow Super Giants
FIRST PUBLISHED : May 13, 2023, 16:24 IST