‘Surface’ Tension IPks IPL Franchise | Cricket news

New Delhi: The absence of any discretionary ‘Home Advantage’ in the early stages of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season has become a talkings point. Barely in two weeks, the local curator is not preparing the pitches according to the strength of the hosts among the franchisees on the curator.
On Tuesday evening, the patron of Lucknow Super Giands Zaheer Khan said that the pitch at Ekna Stadium felt as if it was prepared by “Punjab to Curator”. The pitch offered a decent seam movement that made the LSG top order difficult to go up. The surface was also not compatible with the team’s bowling strength.
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Zaheer said after losing a unilateral competition against Punjab Kings, “It was a bit disappointing for me, seeing a house game, and you know, in the IPL you have seen how the teams have seen how the teams have seen a little advantage of the house, you know.”
He said, “From that point of view, you have noticed that the curator is not really thinking that it’s a house game. I think it was probably like it, you know, this () Punjab curator was here,” he said.
There have also been reports of Kolkata Knight Riders Demanding a pitch with greater assistance for spinners at Eden Gardens. Toi understands that Delhi Capital Management was also not happy with the preparation in his first two home matches in Vijag with BCCI curator.
The issue has set the BCCI and IPL franchise on a competition course.
The Delhi Capital Management was clearly informed by the BCCI that the right to make a pitch with the nominated board curator. The BCCI guidelines clearly state that franchisees and players should not say anything in the preparation of pitches. The BCCI’s clear instruction for the curator for the IPL is to prepare the pitches that do not offer excessive seam or spin.
Saying that, the franchise has often worked with the state associations to form the most suitable team for local conditions. In 2019, the pitch in Chennai supported excessive turn, resulting in the BCCI deployed neutral curator at places. The board can now consider deploying neutral curators if the teams demand to change the nature of ‘home’ pitches.
A BCCI source said, “The pitches have been good so far. Therefore, they are asking for the pitches that have more help for the bowlers. But there is a need to communicate better between franchise and curator. It may not be within a week of the IPL season,” a BCCI source said.
Sourav Ganguly, who was the director of Delhi Capital last year, made regular visits in the previous year to understand the nature of pitches and working with DDCA. As a result, the Kotla pitch 2023 World Cup and IPL 2024 produced high scores.
“As far as Lucknow is considered, the square needs to re -move to change the basic nature of the pitch, which is internal in nature. According to the BCCI guidelines, the tournament must have a good grass cover to maintain itself through the tournament. The same goes for all other places,” the source said.
Meanwhile, Zaheer said that the team would try to “out” the pitch in the upcoming games.
Khan said, “That (pitch) is something we will understand. It is a new set-up for me, but I hope that this is the first and last game when it comes to it (disappointment with the surface),” Khan said, “This is the nature of the IPL, not that?”
LSG’s frontline pacers such as Akash Deep and Mayank Yadav are struggling with injuries. Zaheer said that the team had only a set of young players like Digwesh Rathi, Prince Yadav and Shahbaz Ahmed.
Bravo played the role of pitch issue Kolkata
Ajinkya Rahane -headed side is chlams for more aid from the surface and this is a match they want to win.
The wicket here came into the limelight in controversial fashion, when the house faced defeat in the initial game, the curator also publicly to protect the methods of preparation. However, the team’s mentor Dwayne Bravo reduced the pitch issue.
“I don’t know much about the pitches,” he said. “For me, this is always the team that plays best during the day. Wins. Whether the pitch is slow, or not turning or not, no matter. I always ask players to evaluate and play according to the conditions.”