LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka reacts to viral KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant 'boss bohot toxic hain' meme: 'Itna keh sakta hoon ki...'

Sanjiv Goenka reacts to viral KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant 'boss bohot toxic hain' meme

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) made a historic deal at the IPL mega auction held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia earlier this week. The team splurged Rs 27 crore to acquire Rishabh Pant, making him the most expensive player in the history of the competition. Pant on expected lines triggered a bidding war at the auction and to everyone's surprise Delhi Capitals even pulled out the RTM card for the southpaw when LSG finalised the deal at Rs 20.50 crore. LSG, however, made a whooping Rs 27 crore final bid for Pant, leaving Delhi Capitals with no choice but to back out.

Meanwhile, LSG's ex-skipper KL Rahul failed to attract as much interest as Pant or Shreyas Iyer at the auction and pocketed Rs 14 crore with Delhi Capitals making the final bid. Interestingly, Rahul and Pant led LSG and Delhi Capitals respectively until the previous season, and in all likelihood will now be seen leading their new franchises at the upcoming edition, which starts from March 14 next year.

Dekh Bhai, company achi hai, pay acha hai, par boss bohot toxic hai pic.twitter.com/qgVvoi71Fm
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Soon after the deal was done social media was flooded with memes, but the one that caught most eyes was a post referring Sanjiv Goenka, the owner of LSG, as a "toxic boss". The meme was directed towards Goenka's on-air outburst against Rahul after LSG's tie against Sunrisers Hyderabad last season, which the latter won by 10 wickets. Goenka then engaged in an animated chat with Rahul, who stood quietly and listened. The moment was caught on camera and didn't take long to explode on social media.

Sanjiv Goenka on Meme "Pay acha hai but Tough boss hai" - Times Now#CricketTwitter #IPL #RishabhPant pic.twitter.com/Ez8blnT5LQ Riseup Pant (@riseup_pant17) November 26, 2024

Goenka was asked about the meme in an interview with Times Now. Although the LSG owner was not aware about any such content but he still chose to weigh-in on the subject.

"Maine meme nahi dekha hai but itna keh sakta hoon ki boss loving bhi hai, caring bhi aur tough bhi. Jab love ki zarurat hoti hai to love deta hai. Jab caring ki zarurat hoti hai to caring bhi deta hain. Aur jab daant ki zarurat hoti hai to daant bhi deta hai (I haven't seen the meme but I can say that boss is loving, caring and tough as well. When you need love, he gives you love. When you need caring, he gives you caring. Similarly, when you need scolding, he scolds you too)," he responded.