Lucknow Super Giants’ (LSG) mentor Zaheer Khan has joined a couple of other teams that have criticised the curators for failing to cater to the needs of the home sides in the ongoing IPL. There have been instances of tussle between the curator and the team management over preparing a pitch that provides the hosts with so-called home advantage.

No home advantage

First, it was Kolkata Knight Riders and then Chennai Super Kings who vented their frustration over the curators not catering to the needs of the home teams. That has led to a lot of heartburn between the curators and the teams, with KKR having expressed a desire for more spin-friendly surfaces, while CSK, despite having the best home win-loss ratio in IPL history, faced difficulty in predicting conditions at their own ground, as revealed by coach Stephen Fleming after the defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Chepauk on Friday.