Lucknow pitch curator gets sacked

[rollingstoned]

Team India’s last-minute request resulted in ‘shocker’ pitch, curator gets the sack

 

After India trudged over the line to chase 100 runs with one ball to spare, to level the T20 series 1-1 against New Zealand on Sunday, the pitch curator at Lucknow's Ekana Stadium has been sacked, according to sources in the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA).

Team India’s last-minute request resulted in ‘shocker’ pitch, curator gets the sack

 

 

Following the six-wicket win, India skipper Hardik Pandya called the pitch "a shocker of a wicket", that saw spin bowled for 30 out of 39.5 overs, and a grand total of 200 runs scored on it.

 

The India skipper was also unhappy about the state of the pitch in Ranchi's JSCA Stadium, another turner where India suffered a 21-run defeat at the hands of the Kiwis. "Both the games (pitches) we have played on so far (have been shockers). I don’t mind difficult wickets. I am all up for that, but these two wickets are not made for T20. Somewhere down the line, the curators or the grounds that we are going to play in should make sure they prepare the pitches earlier," he added.

 

According to the sources, the curator had prepared two black soil pitches for the game in advance. However, at the behest of a last-minute request from team management three days prior to the match,the curator had been asked to prepare a fresh pitch made of red soil instead. The new pitch could not be adequately prepared on short notice, and led to even slower conditions.

 

The pitch curation was subject to heavy criticism following Sunday's match with Team India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey echoing the concerns of Pandya when asked about the conditions. "The curator is the right person to answer that question (on pitch)," he said. "There was a little grass covering on the middle, but there was none on both ends. When we came yesterday, it looked like it would turn and we realised it would be challenging." Gautam Gambhir, mentor of the Lucknow Super Giants IPL franchise, called it a "sub-standard wicket" on Star Sports studio.

 

The pitch curator in Lucknow has now been replaced by Sanjeev Agarwal from Gwalior, in a bid to have it ready ahead of the return of home-and-away fixtures in the IPL in March.

 

Meanwhile, Pandya's side will now prepare to take New Zealand in the series decider at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad amid heightened scrutiny of the quality of the surface they play on, and the ability of India's new-look T20 batting order to deal with turning tracks.

 

In the final T20I before the IPL kicks off, it remains to be seen whether Prithvi Shaw - fresh off a triple century in the Ranji Trophy this month - gets a look into the side.

With Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and KL Rahul out of the team, both Shubhman Gill and Ishan Kishan - on the back of their own ODI double centuries - have been trusted to lead the top order for India alongside Rahul Tripathi. The trio have scored a combined total 54 runs in the two matches.

 

[vvvslaxman]

Bit harsh if they had asked the last minute.  

[nevada]

Poor curator, didn't deserve this!

[sage]

Pandya takes away someone's livelihood because he's a dud against spin. What an awful captain!

[WC2011INDIA]

Chutiya indian cricket.

[express bowling]

Again a scapegoat found to cover for last minute request by TM

[raki05]

So there is an expert here rants about rank turner Indian pitches and looks like it was his Messiah who requested for rank turner and due to that a poor individual got sacked. If this TM really requested for rank turner than both Harpic and Dravid should get few matches ban or sacking.

Edited January 31, 2023 by raki05

[AuxiliA]

2 hours ago, express bowling said:

Again a scapegoat found to cover for last minute request by TM

 

What the hell was the need to find a scapegoat at all. I don't see anything wrong with the pitch at all. Not all pitches have to be roads. 

 

Pandya has proved to be a massive crybaby and a selfish insecure guy. 

 

 

Edited January 31, 2023 by AuxiliA

[BacktoCricaddict]

RSD and HDP should fund his kids' education for 10 years. 

[nitinbwj]

Lodu chand se spin kya kuch bhi nahi khela jaata. Sack yourself moron! 

Edited January 31, 2023 by nitinbwj

[gattaca]

23 minutes ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

RSD and HDP should fund his kids' education for 10 years. 

HDP threw the curator under the bus. 

[wanted_desi]

As I have stated before he is bit too immature to lead Indian Side. He got big ego to go with it. Good Luck to Indian Team. 

[Vilander]

Pathetic on part of dandiya but then what can you expect from this guy ? 

[rollingstoned]

1 hour ago, sarchasm said:

If the last minute change of pitch is indeed true then Hardik obviously but also Dravid are true DOGLAs.

Also if true not sure what the urgency was to doctor a pitch for a meaningless t20 bilateral. They are saying the previous pitch was not satisfactory too but even there Nzl made a decent score. 

 

[Bigg Brother]

Pathetic if true ..

 

Pandya - what a crybaby.. And people wanted this guy to play test matches. Imagine this guy getting the heat of playing spin on rank turners. Was happy that Rohit Sharma was dropped as captain but this guy acts on another level. He is at best utility player, acting like Dhoni complaining about pitches who himself was loser in tests but atleast great figure in international cricket . T20 should be the last format where you cry about pitches.

 

 

 

 

Edited January 31, 2023 by Bigg Brother

[Serpico]

29 minutes ago, rollingstoned said:

Also if true not sure what the urgency was to doctor a pitch for a meaningless t20 bilateral. They are saying the previous pitch was not satisfactory too but even there Nzl made a decent score. 

 

They were scared to lose the series. In the end they know they won't win the tournament anyway so atleast they want to rack up the bilateral wins to say that they "followed the process"

[sandeep]

Terrible for somebody to lose their job.

 

Rest of the thread is folks venting their own ignorant frustrations without knowing any actual facts of the matter.

 

 

Hey its what desis do best - bark without knowing what's what.

[vvvslaxman]

When Sundar was asked about the pitch his answer was different. He accepted that onus is on the  batsmen to adapt. Although crowd was deprived of 4s and 6s and it was not a dangerous pitch by any means.  You should still stuck it up and play.

[raki05]

13 minutes ago, sandeep said:

Terrible for somebody to lose their job.

 

Rest of the thread is folks venting their own ignorant frustrations without knowing any actual facts of the matter.

 

 

Hey its what desis do best - bark without knowing what's what.

Lol what do they mean when they said TM requested change at last moment. Did they mean kohli or rohit, you always say I am not hardik supporter but quickly took out your gujju pop gun to defend him. Had this been Kohli or rohit you would have only second to another expert in opening a thread who worship dandya.

Edited January 31, 2023 by raki05

[raki05]

On topic who the hell request a raging turner for a meaningless biletral. This is another level of obsession.