{"id":9320,"date":"2026-04-05T16:32:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9320"},"modified":"2026-04-05T16:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:32:02","slug":"130040601-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9320","title":{"rendered":"LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka&#8217;s reaction goes viral as team registers first win of IPL 2026 | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130040681,imgsize-35224,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mmn-26.jpg\" alt=\"LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka's reaction goes viral as team registers first win of IPL 2026\" title=\"Photo\/screengrab\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) owner Sanjiv Goenka reacted from the stands as his team\u2019s bowlers wreaked havoc, reducing Sunrisers Hyderabad to 22 for 3 in the Powerplay during their IPL 2026 match in Hyderabad on Sunday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>After opting to bowl first at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Lucknow Super Giants got early wickets. Shami (2\/9) struck early blows, dismissing the opening duo of Abhishek Sharma (0) and Travis Head (7) in successive overs. Prince Yadav then removed SRH captain Ishan Kishan, leaving the home side under pressure early in the innings.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>From the stands, Goenka celebrated the wickets and was seen holding up a picture of Lord Tirupati after Prince Yadav dismissed Kishan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->India BJK Cup team on loneliness on tour, street food, and social media abuse<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The pitch at the venue offered assistance to fast bowlers, and Shami used the conditions to make early breakthroughs. With SRH already under pressure, Kishan came in at number three but was dismissed by Prince Yadav.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Prince bowled a length delivery outside off, and Kishan went for a drive away from his body. The ball went through the gap between bat and pad and hit the stumps.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Cameras showed Goenka smiling in the stands after the wicket. He then took out a photo of Lord Tirupati and sought blessings.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>In an interview, Goenka had earlier said that he carries a photo of Lord Tirupati with him and often holds it during high-pressure IPL matches.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Later in the match, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/heinrich-klaasen\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Heinrich Klaasen<\/a> (62 off 41 balls) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (56 off 33 balls) shared a 116-run stand for the fifth wicket to take SRH to a decent total.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>LSG skipper <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rishabh-pant\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rishabh Pant<\/a> (68 not out) produced a captain&#8217;s knock after pacer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mohammed-shami\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Mohammed Shami<\/a> weaved his magic, leading Lucknow Super Giants to a comfortable five-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL match here on Sunday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/lsg-owner-sanjiv-goenkas-reaction-goes-viral-as-team-registers-first-win-of-ipl-2026\/articleshow\/130040601.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) owner Sanjiv Goenka reacted from the stands as his team\u2019s bowlers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21600,4412,12788,4302,2597,20466,17669],"class_list":["post-9320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-heinrich-klaasen","tag-ipl-2026","tag-lucknow-super-giants","tag-mohammed-shami","tag-rishabh-pant","tag-sanjiv-goenka","tag-sunrisers-hyderabad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}