Rahul Tiwari
khelja|02-04-2025
Zaheer khan: Punjab Kings registered a big win by 8 wickets against Lucknow Super Giants. The match was played at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, which is the home ground of the LSG team. Lucknow team coach Zaheer Khan is not happy with his home ground pitch, he made a big statement after the match. His statement is making headlines on social media. Let us tell you what they have said.
In fact, after the match, Zaheer Khan said that it was also disappointing that the match was at home. Despite this we lost. Criticizing the pitch curator, he even said that he is a curator of Punjab, not in Lucknow. Zaheer Khan expressed his displeasure and said that,
"It is often seen in the IPL that the teams try to take advantage of their home ground. But the pitch curator of the Ekana Stadium did nothing. It seemed as if he is towards Punjab. Although Zaheer smiled a little while saying this, but his displeasure was clearly visible."
Zaheer Khan Said, "You've seen teams have a home advantage in the ipl. The currector is not thought that it's a home game, it looked like it was a Punjabb curator out here in lucknow". pic.twitter.com/61yq5cqmhi
- Mufaddal Vohra (@Mufaddal_vohra) April 2, 2025
After losing to Punjab, Zaheer Khan said that we will not disappoint fans in the next match. He said-
"We are full of confidence as a team. We admit that we have lost the match and we will make every effort to make an impact in the domestic match. We still have six more matches."
April 4 - LSG vs MI
April 12 - LSG vs GT
April 14 - LSG vs CSK
April 22 - LSG vs DC
May 9 - LSG vs RCB
May 18 - LSG vs SRH
If we talk about the match, Lucknow Super Giants lost 3 wickets including their captain for just 35 runs. Nicholas Puran (44) and Ayush Badoni (41) played good innings for the team, causing the team to reach 171 runs. However, Punjab Kings had no problem in achieving this goal. The team won by 8 wickets by achieving the target in 16.2 overs. Prabhasimran Singh scored 69 runs, for which he was adjudged Player of the Match. Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 52 runs.