NEW DELHI: The absence of any discernible ‘home advantage’ has become a talking point in the early stages of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season. Barely two weeks in, there is growing discontent among franchises over local curators not preparing pitches according to the host team’s strengths.
On Tuesday evening, Lucknow Super Giants mentor Zaheer Khan caustically remarked that the pitch at the Ekana Stadium looked as if it had been prepared by a “curator from Punjab”. The pitch offered decent seam movement that made it tough for the LSG top order to get going up. The surface was also not suited to the team’s bowling strengths.
