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KKR lead coach Chandrakant Pandit has opened to the recent playing of the pitch surrounding the team of Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Like KKR Captain Ajinkya Rahane, Pandit was also a member of the pitch, favoring the home team.
The controversy began after Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Ajinkya Rahane had requested that the most favorable launches on the Spin would make the right playing field for the strengths of the house team. However, the Sujan Mukherjee launch curator clearly denied Rahane’s request.
When Chandrakant Pandit was asked about his views on this controversy, he supported his team captain, claiming that his team would like to see something for spinners. It is noteworthy that KKR has two of the best spinners in the league in the form of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy.
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Chandrakant Pandit breaks the silence in the tone controversy
During a pre -match press conference before the game against Mumbai Indians, KKR’s lead coach Chandrakant Pandit was asked about the continuous controversy that surrounded the pitch in Eden Gardens.
Pandit admitted that his team would love to play launches with his preference, but he agrees that the control is maintained with the curator. Despite the whole controversy, KKR focuses on the next game.
“Who will not be happy with this? I mean, this is a simple answer. See, as a coach, as a team manager, whatever the surface that has been provided to us, we play. The control, of course, will be under the curator. And at this point, the focus will be definitely in the next game tomorrow, that we are playing against me,” said Pandit.
The game between the KKR and Mumbai Indians will be a facility outside the knights, as it will be played at Wankhede Stadium. It will be the first game of the place of the IPL season in progress.
Chandrakant Pandit has hope with the favorable launches at Eden Gardens
Talking to further during the press conference, Chandrakant Pandit stated that he is not aware of the system of other reasons, but still awaits something useful for his spinners of the next game at home.
“I don’t know,” in charge of all the ground. This does not mean that they (the franchises) have a control of the preparation of doctors. I mean, in short, I don’t know what the system is in different states or motifs, whether it be control with the franchise, “said Chandrakant Pandit.
“But for the moment, what I understand is the surface that is given to us, as a team management, as a coach, as a captain, we probably expect something (useful) to be provided. So this is everything,” added KKR’s main coach.
How did the controversy begin?
The controversy began when Ajinkya Rahane called for more doctors more respectful of the Spin to Eden Gardens after the brutal defeat of KKR in RCB in the initial game of IPL 2025. However, the Pitch Commissioner of the Eden Gardens, Sujan Mukherjee, blackened the petition that the franchises did not have to say.
“While I am here, the pitch Eden Gardens will not change. According to the rules and regulations of the IPL, the franchises have not said on the pitch. Since I have taken care of me, the land here have been like this. It was so in the past. Things have not changed now and they will not be modified in the future,” said Mukherjee.
Sujan Mukherjee’s comments were criticized by Cricket Harsha Bhogle and Simon Doull experts. Doull even suggested that KKR move his home place out of town to get a suitable home advantage.
Kolkata Knight riders lost the opening game against RCB, but they returned strongly to win their second game against Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati. After a game in Eden Gardens, their spinners rescued a winning performance of the match against RR.
