Pitch Controversy: The pitch prepared on the orders of Hardik and Dravid, the curator of Lucknow was made the scapegoat! – ind vs nz hardik pandya rahul dravid demand new pitch on short note now curator shaken

New Delhi: The series of three T20 matches being played between India and New Zealand is tied at 1-1. The second match of the series was played at the Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. And now the third and decisive match is to be played in Ahmedabad. However, before this a ruckus has arisen. This uproar is about the pitch of the second T20 match played in Lucknow. Regarding the pitch on which the second T20 match was played in Lucknow, Team India captain Hardik Pandya said that it was very bad and not playable at all.

After this statement of Hardik, pitch curator Surendra Kumar of Lucknow Stadium has been removed. Sanjeev Agarwal will now be the new pitch curator of Lucknow in place of Surendra Kumar. Now only Sanjeev Agarwal will make the pitch for the upcoming matches of the Indian Premier League.

What is the pitch ruckus in Lucknow

According to the report, before the match, the curator had prepared two types of pitch. Both these pitches were made of black soil, but at the last minute, captain Hardik and coach Rahul Dravid demanded a red pitch. In such a situation, Surendra Kumar somehow prepared the red pitch for the match but the new pitch could not be made as it should have been for T20 matches. The result was that the pitch played very slowly, which is not considered right at all in terms of T20 cricket.

In such a situation, the question now arises that when the team management demanded a new pitch from the curator at the last moment, then why is captain Hardik Pandya blaming the curator. Hardik’s criticism led to the removal of pitch curator Surendra Kumar from his post. It is true that the curator was sacrificed for his desired pitch.

New Zealand team was reduced to just 99 runs

In the second T20, the condition of the Lucknow pitch was such that the New Zealand team, which came out to bat first, could score only 99 runs. Only New Zealand, the condition of Team India also got worse in achieving the target of 100 runs. Surprisingly, both the teams combined could not hit a single six in the game of 39.5 overs. Apart from this, the pitch was so slow that 30 overs were done only with spinners.

Suryakumar Yadav, who is called the destructive batsman of T20, scored for the first time in T20 International at a strike rate of less than 100. In such a situation, it is clear that the pitch was not made for T20 matches at all.

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