Lucknow Super Veteran (LSG) suffered an eight -wicket defeat against Punjab Kings (PBK) at the Ekna Cricket Stadium in IPL 2025 on Tuesday. After the loss, LSG mentor Zaheer Khan Criticized the status of the pitch, even mentioned that he felt as if he was prepared by a Punjab curator.
In this season, many IPL teams, including Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings, have expressed concern over their home pitches. LSG became the latest team to indicate this issue after defeat to PBK at home
Former Indian pacemen questioned the decisions of the pitch curator, specifying that domestic teams should benefit some in IPL matches. In his criticism, he said that in favor of the domestic team, it seemed helpful for the distant team.
“Disappointed, really not thinking that it is a house game. It was a bit disappointing for me here, considering a house game. In IPL, you have seen how teams have seen how the house has seen, you know, you know, so yes, from this point of view, you have seen that the curator is actually a home game.
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We still have six more games to go here: Zaheer Khan
The LSG struggled from the beginning from the beginning to bat on the red-mud pitch. The team lost three initial wickets in the powerplay. Nicholas Gorn (44 out of 30) tried to stabilize the innings, but the side could only manage 171/7 in its 20 overs. For Punjab, Arshdeep Singh was a bowlers' pickle, taking three wickets, including Abdul Samad and Ayush Badoni's skull in the first innings finals.
However, in response, Prabhasimran Singh played an important role in Chase with his 69 runs 34 balls, as well as scored 52 off 52 balls of Skipper Shreyas Iyer. Punjab both dominated the powerplay, first banned Rishabh Pant-Bal side and then run ahead in chasing. Eventually, he chased the target comfortably with 22 balls. Zaheer emphasized the importance of the benefit of the house and the status of the pitch did not favor LSG.
“This is something we will find out. It is a new setup for me here too. But I hope this is the first and last game when it comes, because you are also disappointing the fans of Lucknow. They have come with so much expectations to win the first home game. As a team, we still know that we still accept what we are doing. He said.
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