DIVYA DELHI: Goenka's representative sports performance is unknown. If he did, he would have shown empathy.The Indian Premier League has improved from 2008, when cricket was almost a sideshow. Franchise owners with having ‘bought’ some of the hottest properties in world cricket strutted around with arrogance, after-parties were popular, and players were treated like commodities because they had been sold.Over time, it became clear that the IPL's success depended on cricket quality. Thus, numerous frills left quickly and happily. Post-Lalit Modi, cricket became the IPL's USP, as it should have been, and ‘professionalism’ has new meaning.Some things stay the same despite change. After a ten-wicket thrashing by Sunrisers Hyderabad, Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul was publicly slammed by team owner Sanjiv Goenka.In December, Rahul will finish ten years in international cricket and lead the country in all three formats. Goenka's on-field "interaction" with him is unknown. The franchise owner appeared furious at Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma's comfort in chasing 165 for four. Rahul and his team must have been humbled to lose by ten wickets with 62 deliveries left. Goenka's castigation—as his gestures and body language suggested—was unsettling and unwise at a time when he should have delivered a comforting pat or hugged his horses. Was he not talking to the captain or head coach Justin Langer about dinner?