Pujara reveals names of teams that ensure getting home advantage

In the IPL 2025 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai Super Kings suffered a defeat by 50 runsCSK head coach Stephen Fleming stated that the side has no home advantageFollowing Flemings comment Team Indias Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara said that Chennai Super Kings is the one franchise that always prepares home pitches according to their strengthsCheteshwar Pujara who was a part of CSK in the 2021 edition also feels that the sides middleorder having the likes of Deepak Hooda Shivam Dube Sam Curran and MS Dhoni will have to take up more responsibilityThere is a lot of concern in the batting lineup outside of Rachin Ravindra Ruturaj Gaikwad because their middleorder will have to click at some point Pujara saidAlso Read First week of IPL18 Matchwinning show by unretained players winless start for MI yet againThey will have to start scoring runs quickly They rely heavily on their middleorder Yes their toporder is their strength but when they dont perform well thats the time the middleorder has to step up it doesnt look like theyre completely ready for it at CSK you cant complain Its one franchise where theyve been preparing pitches according to their strengths If hes Fleming saying that there is no home advantage they dont have a say then Im quite surprised Cheteshwar Pujara told ESPNCricinfoOther than CSK Cheteshwar Pujara named the franchises which get pitch conditions according to their strengths He mainly named the Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders as the franchises to get home advantageIf you speak about MI CSK KKR I dont think thats the case them not getting pitches they ask for Any other franchise I can still understand Those three franchises make sure they get what they want Their strength has been when they play at homeIncidentally even KKR management is reportedly unhappy as Eden Gardens curator Sujan Mukherjee has refused to provide them with a surface where their main weapon Varun Chakravarthy was clobbered for 43 runs in four overs in the match against RCBCheteshwar Pujara who has been a batting mainstay for Team India in Test cricket said that CSK might just lack firepowerSince the CSK template is to either chase targets in the range of 150160 or defend totals in the vicinity of 170 Pujara believes that a shift in playing philosophy is the need of the hour even if it means scoring at a quicker clipIt looks like theyll need better surfaces to get back into form and when they start playing at home again theyll be able to perform wellPujara also said what would hurt a diehard CSK fan most is the abject surrenderTheres a lot to learn for CSK he said Ive been part of the franchise If youre a CSK fan youd really be disappointed today You tend to lose but the way they lost this game will put a lot of dents in the dressing room he addedRuturaj Gaikwadled Chennai Super Kings will lock horns with the Rajasthan Royals in their next IPL 2025 fixture on March 30 at the Assam Cricket Association StadiumWith PTI Inputs