LSG vs PBKS: zaheer khan looked dissatisfied with the pitch after Lucknow's defeat, and said - it seemed that Punjab's curator prepared the pitch
Punjab registered their second consecutive win in IPL 2025 by defeating lucknow by eight wickets in the match played at the Ekana Stadium on Tuesday.
Lucknow Super Giants mentor zaheer khan said after the match against punjab Kings that his team did not get the advantage of playing on home ground. punjab registered their second consecutive win in IPL 2025 by defeating lucknow by eight wickets in the match played at the Ekana Stadium on Tuesday. In this match, after losing the toss and batting first, the host team scored 171 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs. In reply, punjab scored 177 runs for two wickets in 16.2 overs and won the match.
After the match, Zaheer said that this was not the kind of pitch that lucknow Super Giants had expected for a home match. Zaheer said I am a little disappointed because it was a home match and in IPL you have seen that teams get the advantage of playing on home grounds. In this sense, I think the curator did not think that it was a home match. It seemed that the curator of punjab was here. This is something we have to pay attention to.
He said, this is a new team for me, but hopefully this will not happen in any match from now on because you are also disappointing your fans. They came here with the hope of seeing them win the first home match. This is the third match of the season and we have often spoken about how the team is this season. We are focusing on the process, not the results. We have to work on some aspects.
Zaheer supported captain rishabh pant and expressed confidence that he will return to the tournament. Pant was bought by Lucknow for Rs 27 crore in the IPL mega auction, but so far he has been able to score only 17 runs in three innings. Pant could not even open his account in the first match, while he scored 15 runs in the second match and two runs in the third match. Zaheer said, as I have said, we always try to find a way. He is our captain and everyone has expectations from him. pant is doing a good job as a captain and he will also do well as a player.
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