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Ajinkya Rahane says is ‘really happy’ with Eden Gardens pitch ahead of KKR vs SRH clash | Ipl News

Ajinkya Rahane says is ‘really happy’ with Eden Gardens pitch ahead of KKR vs SRH clash | Ipl News

The pitch row between Kolkata Knight Riders management and the curator has been going on a for while now. While many experts were of the opinion that KKR should get the pitch they wanted and if not there were also suggestions that KKR should change their home venue to a different place. However, Ajinkya Rahane said he was “really happy” with the pitch. “Looks good, I’m really happy with the pitch, we were also bowling first. It will suit our spinners, at home, you should get what you want, but we’ll need to assess the situation quickly with the bat,” Rahane said. Earlier, cricketer-turned-analyst Simon Doull said that KKR should consider “moving the franchise away somewhere else”. Story continues below this ad “If he’s (the curator) is not taking heed of what the home team wants… I mean they are paying the stadium fees, they are paying for what’s going on in the IPL but if he’s still not paying heed of what the home team wants, then just move the franchise away to somewhere …

Sunrisers Hyderabad score lowest-ever total in IPL final history, post 113 against Kolkata Knight Riders | Ipl News

Sunrisers Hyderabad had the dubious record of becoming the team to score the lowest-ever total in an Indian Premier League final when they posted 113 against the Kolkata Knight Riders at Chepauk on Sunday. With that, SRH leaped over the 123/9 which Chennai Super Kings had posted against Mumbai Indians in the 2013 final. The KKR pacers proved to be too much for the SRH top order, who were reduced to 47/4 after seven overs. Mitchell Starc started off the proceedings by removing Abhishek Sharma in the first over for just 2 with a ripper of a delivery. Meanwhile, Vaibhav Arora got the better of Travis Head in the next over as the Australian nicked behind Gurbaz for a duck. Starc would strike again to remove Rahul Tripathi for 9 while Harshit Rana struck in his first over to snap Nitish Kumar Reddy for 13. Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen tried to build a partnership but the former was sent back by Starc for 20 while Shahbaz Ahmed couldn’t last long as well scoring just …