The curator of the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow has been sacked for creating a “shocker of a pitch” for India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I as per TOI. Hardik Pandya’s Team India won the game by 6 wickets. 

After India’s win with one ball left, Pandya said the wicket was a “shocker”.

BCCI

“To be honest, it was a shocker of a wicket. Both the games we have played so far. 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 said. 

New Zealand made 99/8 and India struggled to chase a small target. 

BCCI

“The curator has been removed and replaced by Sanjeev Kumar Agarwal who is a very experienced curator. We will turn things around in a month. A lot of domestic cricket was already played on all the centre wickets ahead of the T20I and the curator should have left one or two strips for an international game. The surface was overused and due to the bad weather, there was not enough time to prepare a fresh wicket,” a UPCA source said while speaking to PTI. 

Agarwal has earlier made pitches in Bangladesh in the past. He will work closely with veteran BCCI curator Taposh Chatterjee, according to the source.
  

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