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"Men Who Made It Happen": LSG Credits Everyone But KL Rahul After Manchester Test

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LSG ignored KL Rahul while celebrated others [Source: @LucknowIPL, @lordKlrahul/x.com]LSG ignored KL Rahul while celebrated others [Source: @LucknowIPL, @lordKlrahul/x.com]

When India were neck-deep in trouble on Day 4 at Old Trafford against England, it wasn’t flair or flamboyance that bailed them out, it was grit and persistence in the form of KL Rahul. After a horror start where India lost Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan for ducks, it was Rahul who stepped up and rebuilt the innings, calmly putting on a 188-run stand with skipper Shubman Gill.

LSG Finds Room For Everyone But Rahul In Their Celebration Post

He stood tall for 230 deliveries and scored 90, just 10 shy of a hundred. But in a world that loves the flash over the fight, that 90 looked invisible next to three tons. It was the kind of knock Rahul has made a habit of: unfussy, underappreciated, but absolutely vital.

Lucknow Super Giants, Rahul’s former IPL franchise, posted a tweet after the Test, celebrating India’s second innings fightback. The graphic featured Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, and Washington Sundar, the three centurions with the caption: “The men who made it happen”.

What stuck out like a sore thumb wasn’t who was in the image, but who wasn’t. No KL Rahul. No mention. Not even a passing nod. Now, when your ex-team decides to post a celebratory image of India’s saviours and deliberately leaves you out, it feels less like an oversight and more like a silent sledge. A subtle dig. A digital cold shoulder.

LSG And Rahul’s Icy History

The tension between LSG and Rahul isn’t breaking news. It’s been brewing since that infamous confrontation between Rahul and LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka during IPL 2024. Soon after, Rahul was released ahead of the 2025 auction. Delhi Capitals picked him up, and Rahul, in typical ice-cold fashion, responded with runs galore.

So was this tweet just another brick in the wall? A soft jab wrapped in a meme? To fans, it sure felt like it. Some even pointed out how the graphic wouldn’t exist without Rahul’s platform-building knock.

Meanwhile, while the spotlight was handed to the flashy hundreds, Rahul did what he does best: fly under the radar, let his bat talk, and walk off without fanfare. 

Centuries get headlines but context builds legacies. And in a Test where India were staring at defeat, it was KL Rahul’s 90 that gave the innings its spine.

Maybe the tweet was just fan engagement. Or maybe it was a not-so-subtle reminder of how things ended. Either way, KL Rahul was the elephant in LSG’s tweet: silent and impossible to ignore.