Ajinkya Rahane tightened the pitch curator of Eden Gardens: Expect a ruckus if I speak.

IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders lost by 4 runs against Lucknow Super Giants at home in the last match. KKR was able to score just 234 runs in 20 overs chasing a target of 239 runs. This is the third defeat of the team in the ongoing season and the second defeat on the house Eden Gardens.

After the defeat against Lucknow, Kolkata captain Ajinkya Rahane took a pinch on the pitch curate. He said that, the pitch curator of our Eden Gardens has made a lot of headlines and if he says anything now, there will be a ruckus.

Pitch Curate has got a lot of publishing- Ajinkya Rahane

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane while talking on the post match press conference after the defeat against Lucknow Super Giants, said

“There was no help for the spinners. There has been a lot of talk about the wicket. If I say something, I will let it live. Our curator (Sujan Mukherjee) has got a lot of publicity. I think he is happy with that publicity. You (media) are happy about home advantage. Whatever you want can write. If I feel like this, I will tell you that I will tell you, I will tell you.

Let me tell you, after the defeat in the first match of the season against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Ajinkya Rahane questioned the pitch of Eden Gardens. After this, the pitch curator said that the pitch will not change as long as he is here. Then the matter became very hot. Let me tell you, this season, Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings teams have also expressed concern about their home ground pitch.

Ajinkya Rahane again said in the match talking about Nicholas Puran and Mitchell Marsh’s explosive batting,

“He made the boundary very well, you know, bowled on a long boundary, they did it very well, our bowlers also tried, but then, (Nicolas) Puran and Mitchell Marsh batted very well in the middle, they redeem their opportunities that were very good for him.”