Lucknow curator sacked after 'shocker' pitch, new surfaces to be laid for IPL: Stories

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The repercussions of a deficient Lucknow pitch were felt via the curator as he has been sacked with speedy impact

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Lucknow pitch curator has been sacked with speedy impact following the second one T20I between India and New Zealand
The pitch was once labelled a ‘shocker’ via India captain Hardik Pandya and commentators as smartly
It took India 19.5 overs to chase the objective of 100 runs after New Zealand batters’ combat

The pitch curator at Lucknow‘s Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium has suffered the repercussions of a deficient monitor laid for the second one T20I between India and New Zealand and has been sacked with speedy impact, as in line with stories. It took the Indian crew 19.5 overs to chase a goal of 100 runs after New Zealand crawled to a ranking of 99 batting first. The fit noticed 30 overs of spin getting bowled out of 39.5 and because the hosts were given over the road ‘most effective simply’, skipper Hardik Pandya labelled it as ‘a shocker of a pitch.’

As in line with a file in The Indian Specific, the pitch curator Surender Kumar was once sacked instantly and now Sanjeev Agarwal will take over the location. The file discussed that the curator had ready two black-soil pitches however was once requested via the crew control final minute, 3 days earlier than the fit to put a purple soil pitch, but it surely could not be ready sufficiently sufficient for the sport and the remaining is historical past.

The pitch grew to become sq. and no batter, no longer even Suryakumar Yadav, who’s within the type of his lifestyles controlled to grasp the tempo of the pitch. Group India performed 3 spinners and used Deepak Hooda as their fourth whilst New Zealand too had 4 spinners bowling, together with part-timer Glenn Phillips.

Talking after the fit, Hardik stated that no longer simply Lucknow, however the pitch in Ranchi within the first T20I too wasn’t a super one. “To be truthful, this was once a shocker of a wicket. Two video games the type of wickets now we have performed on. I do not thoughts tricky wickets. I’m all up for that, however those two wickets don’t seem to be made for T20. Someplace down the road the curators or the stadium whichever we’re going to play in T20, they must make certain they get ready the pitches previous, relatively than having a few video games there,” he stated.

As in line with Dainik Jagran, the 9 pitches on the Ekana Stadium will all be relaid forward of the 2023 version of the IPL, the place house and away fixtures resume. Gautam Gambhir, who’s the mentor of the Lucknow Tremendous Giants franchise, was once on air throughout the fit and stated that it was once a ‘sub-standard wicket’ whilst Group India’s bowling trainer Paras Mhambrey stated that the most productive particular person to be requested concerning the pitch was once curator.