‘Residence benefit mandatory’: Arun Lal amid Eden Gardens pitch controversy | Cricket Information – The Occasions of India

New Delhi: A wave of controversy broke out throughout IPL 2023 when the normally soft-spoken Nitish Rana bitterly acknowledged that Kolkata Knight Riders had been the one group with out house benefit.
Rana, the then-KKR captain, was left disenchanted as his group had been unable to benefit from house fixtures, on account of Eden Gardens pitch curator Sujan Mukherjee’s unwillingness to arrange pitches that suited KKR‘s pursuits.
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Mukherjee responded by stating that he is not certain to arrange wickets based on the needs of the house group.
Controversy over the pitch at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens has blown up but once more, following KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane’s latest assertion the place he expressed a need to play on spin-friendly wickets. Mukherjee has maintained his stance over franchises having no say.

The situation has turned fairly intense, with former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull going to the extent of claiming that KKR ought to merely shift base elsewhere.
Former India cricketer Arun Lal, who earlier served as the top coach of the Bengal cricket group, acknowledged that house benefit is critical in cricket with a view to preserve pleasure and competitiveness.
“Does the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) put together bouncy and seaming wickets when England tour India? No, it does not. Wickets that favour spinners get precedence. Equally, even the England Cricket Board (ECB) look to prioritise their group’s pursuits throughout India’s abroad excursions to England. Groups ought to undoubtedly get house benefit in cricket to keep up pleasure and competitiveness,” mentioned Arun in an unique interplay with TimesofIndia.com.

Former KKR cricketer Manvinder Bisla acknowledged that such points with regard to the pitch at Eden Gardens occured throughout his stint with the franchise.
“The pitch curator shouldn’t be inflexible. In any other case, will probably be very powerful for franchises to plan for the public sale, as additions are made with a sure thought course of. If a group is unable to take correct benefit of high quality spinners like Varun Chakaravarthy and Sunil Narine on account of pitch situations on house turf, then it’s undoubtedly a degree of concern,” he mentioned.
“The primary goal of any group is to win and attain the playoffs. Everybody in Kolkata desires KKR to win. There must be a dialogue between the curator and the franchise over how the group may be benefitted,” added Bisla.

Former Indian cricketer and commentator Deep Dasgupta, nevertheless, believes that there must be no controversy over the wicket at Eden Gardens, as KKR loved success on the identical wicket within the earlier version.
“Has the character of the wicket modified? No, it hasn’t. It’s the identical wicket the place KKR received final season and finally went on to carry the trophy. Take a look at the best way through which CSK have created a group primarily based on the situations in Chennai,” he acknowledged.