Shreevats Goswami, a former Bengali and Kolkata Knight Riders player, offered his opinions on the Eden Gardens IPL 2025 pitch preparation dispute. Due to pitch curator Sujan Mukherjee’s disregard for the home team, Goswami noted that the problem has existed at Eden Gardens for a long time.
Sujan Mukherjee’s recent comments regarding Eden Gardens’ pitch preparation have put him in the public eye on social media. When preparing the surface, Mukherjee has declared that he did not take the Kolkata Knight Riders’ suggestions into account. But in IPL 2025, he selects the pitch according to BCCI rules.To help their bowlers, KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane and the team management had asked for a pitch that was spin-friendly. But for their first IPL 2025 matchup against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Mukherjee set up a level field.
Key spinners Varun Chakaravarthy and Sunil Narine were not helped by the lack of turn at Eden Gardens. As RCB easily chased down 175 in only 16.2 overs, the pair failed to make an impression, returning combined figures of 2-70 in eight overs.
During the 2023 Indian Premier League season, the Knight Riders encountered a similar problem with the ground conditions. In contrast to KKR in 2023, other teams profited from familiar surroundings, according to former captain Nitish Rana, who captained the side in Shreyas Iyer’s absence. Rana expressed his annoyance at the lack of home advantage.
