How Sanjiv Goenka Behaves in the Dressing Room: Former Lucknow Super Giants player Amit Mishra explains how their owner, Sanjiv Goenka, is as a boss. Mishra was talking in an IPL discussion on Cricbuzz.
Background
LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka has been under the gun of the media and fans on the internet after his controversial moment with KL Rahul in 2024, during which the latter was serving as the skipper of the club.
After LSG’s match-doubling defeat with Sunrisers Hyderabad, Goenka was seen angrily talking to KL in front of the whole fans at the stadium. This went viral, and the boss faced a lot of backlash after that.
Following the season, KL Rahul and both parties decided to part ways, and KL Rahul joined Delhi Capitals. KL is DC’s best batter this season.
Media and fans continued to discuss the topic, and whenever Goenka was spotted talking to his captain, this time Rishabh Pant, it became news.
When Amit Mishra was at Cribuzz as a cricket analyst, he was asked about Sanjiv Goenka and his character in the dressing room
Amit Mishra About Sanjiv Goenka: The Former LSG Player Reveals How Sanjiv Goenka Behaves in the Dressing Room
Question: Who is running LSG? Because different teams are run by different forces, many captains are strong, many coaches are big, and sometimes management has a very big role. Which department does LSG go to?
Answer:
“Look, last year, if I talked to the coach, he told me that all the work is being done by the captain, Mr. KL Rahul, who was the captain last year.
“Yes, he is making the eleven, he is making the changes, he is doing all the planning. But this year I don’t feel that, I feel like Zezbhai has gone this year, I feel that everyone is being talked to. If you see, there is a discussion going on, they are talking among themselves. Even if you sit outside and see Rishabh Pant, he is talking to Jack bhai.
“But I feel that this time, it is visible that the decision is being taken after discussing overall. Yes, if you talk about the owner, I never felt that he is too much involved. Yes, he definitely wants to win. Yes.”
Mishra said that he had never experienced any outbursts in the dressing room when he was a player of LSG. According to him, the media has taken it too far.
“But I have never seen anyone coming to our dressing room in a loud tone or saying something wrong, it has always been positive. Although I feel that the media has shown off a bit too much, but I have never felt that there is anything like that, but this time it seems that the decision is being taken after discussing overall. After watching a video, it seems that the team is a bit misunderstood.
“The public also feels that the owner is very strict or very demanding, but your experience is that it is not like that. It is not at all, because I can say that if that happened because we lost two matches in a very bad way.
“We lost in a very bad way in Calcutta. We lost the match in 11 overs. Then we went to Hyderabad and lost in 9 overs. Any owner would say that everyone is losing. You should just go and show your fighting, I have no problem with losing after fighting. This is what people told me, but I think that even after such a bad defeat, we are still playing two matches.
“Whatever motivation the owner gives to the team in the dressing room or in any team meeting, he did the same. He never said anything wrong or spoke in a very loud tone,” he said.
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