Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Ajinkya Rahane© AFP
The management of the Kolkata Knight Riders team was disappointed with the surface of Eden Gardens after being beaten by Royal Challengers Bengaluru when the IPL 2025 was opened. However, the conservative Sujan Mukherjee clearly indicated that there would be no change in the nature of the field in the future. The comments made by the curator did not go well with the old New Zealand stimulator Simon Doull who advised the franchise to leave Kolkata if the problem persists. Doull added that KKR pays stadium costs and as a home team, they should have their saying about how the land will be prepared.
“If it does not take into account what the home team wants … I mean they pay stadium costs, they pay for what is happening in IPL, but if he still does not pay attention to the home team wants, then keep the franchise away elsewhere.
“His work is not to pass an opinion on the game. This is not why he paid,” he added.
During the discussion, the veteran commentator Harsha Bhogle said that the skipper Ajinkya Rahane wanted land that assists the spinners and which should be considered by the height curator.
“RR, if they play at home, should get the tracks they think they are adapted to their quieurs. Likewise with KKR. I saw something what the curator KKR said. If I am in the KKR camp, I am extremely unhappy with what he said because I do not ask a surface of 120. Pitch, we are not asking you to make a land of 240.
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