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IPL 2025 Pitch Controversy: In the Indian Premier League 2025, hosts are upset with not getting the desired pitch. Most of the teams including KKR-CSK are coming out with the same excuse after the defeat. LSG’s Mentor Zahi …Read more
In IPL 2025, the host teams are upset with not getting the same pitch.
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- In IPL 2025, the host teams are upset about not getting the desired pitch.
- Most of the teams, including KKR-CSK, are making the same excuse after the defeat.
- LSG’s Mentor Zaheer Khan made a big allegation on the pitch curator.
IPL 2025 Pitch Controversy: After the defeat in the Indian Premier League 2025, most teams are coming out with the same excuse. The beginning of Kolkata Knight Riders and it rapidly captured Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Supergiants. The case is of pitch controversy, in which a situation of quarrel has been created between the hosts and the curator. Mentor Zaheer Khan of Lucknow Supergiants even said that it seems that this anti -pitch team was made for Punjab Kings.
In IPL 2025, Lucknow Supergiants suffered a crushing defeat from Punjab Kings on April 1. The match was played at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, but the hosts looked helpless in the match. After the match, Lucknow captain Rishabh Pant said that he was expecting a slow pitch. In this hope, spinner M. Siddharth was included in the team in place of Pacer Prince Yadav. The team’s mentor Zaheer Khan said, ‘As the hosts, we were expecting the home team to the advantage pitch. Such hope is not wrong, but it seemed that the pitch has been made for the anti -team. It seemed that this pitch was made by the curator of the home ground of Punjab Kings.
Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders coach Chandrakant Pandit and Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming have also expressed dissatisfaction with the homeground pitch. An official of Sunrisers Hyderabad had written a letter to the Hyderabad Cricket Association that if this remains the same, they would like to play their match elsewhere instead of the home ground.
Should the hosts get the benefit of the pitch. On this question, Akash Chopra says, ‘I think the home team should have the right to decide what kind of pitch she wants.’ In Cricinfo’s show Time Out, Chopra said, ‘They should demand the pitch (according to their team) and they should also meet. I think home advantage happens in two ways- one you choose according to your team and the other- you have many supporters on the ground.