IND vs NZ T20: Uproar over bad pitch of Ekana Stadium, local curator removed, will not handle field work
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Lucknow News: The second match of the T20 series was played between India and New Zealand at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Although, the match was somehow won by Team India, but due to the bad pitch, the match became quite boring. At the same time, captain Hardik Pandya also criticized the pitch, after which there was a stir in the Ekana Stadium management and the UP Cricket Association, in a hurry, the local curator Surendra Kumar was removed from the work of making the pitch of the main ground.
Sanjeev Agarwal got the responsibility of curator in place of Surendra Kumar
On the other hand, after the removal of local curator Surendra Kumar, curator Sanjeev Agarwal has been brought in his place. Actually, Sanjeev Aggarwal is the curator of international level, on February 2, Aggarwal will take over his responsibility. The stadium management has been alerted after the case of bad pitch in Ekana came to the fore. In such a situation, instructions have been given to prepare all the nine pitches afresh before the IPL.
UPCA secretary admits fault for bad pitch
In fact, regarding the bad pitch of Ikana, UPCA Secretary Arvind Srivastava says that the pitch of Ikana Stadium was prepared only under the supervision of the curator of BCCI. He told that we had less time for the second match of the T20 series between India and New Zealand. He agreed that the pitch was not suitable for a T20 match. Srivastava said that, will ensure that in future the pitch is prepared for both the batsman and the bowler for the match.
Defeated New Zealand by six wickets and equalized the three-match series.
India defeated New Zealand by six wickets in the second T20 to level the three-match series one-on-one. Batting first, New Zealand scored 99 runs losing eight wickets. For India, Arshdeep Singh took two wickets for just seven runs in his two overs. Chasing 100 runs, Suryakumar Yadav remained unbeaten after scoring 26 runs. India won the match by scoring 101 runs for four wickets in 19.5 overs.
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