IPL 2025, KKR vs SRH Eden Gardens Stadium Pitch Report Today Match: Kolkata Knight Riders host Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens with plenty of scrutiny on the 22-yard strip already for the past weeks. The trouble started when KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane reportedly requested Eden Gardens pitch curator Sujan Mukherjee to provide a pitch that aided more spin.
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“We’d love to see the pitch helping the spin bowlers,” captain Ajinkya Rahane had said after RCB’s defeat at Eden Gardens previously, “but this was pitch under cover for a day and a half, and there was some moisture. Again, we’d love to see some spin, but no complaints. Both spinners can do well on any kind of wicket.”
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But Eden curator Mukherjee had denied requests from the KKR captain, saying that the pitch would not change “as long as I’m here”.
Now, there seems to have been some reconciliation between curator and captain after some experts like Simon Doull suggested that if the curator was not in the mood to listen to the KKR team think tank, they should consider “just moving the franchise away to somewhere else”.
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KKR vs SRH, pitch report for Eden Gardens
The Eden Gardens pitch is expected to be a dry surface that will favour spinners like KKR’s Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy. With minimal watering, the pitch might also may slow down. Eden Gardens has historically been a batting-friendly venue. The ground could see first innings totals of around 160 to 180 runs.
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KKR vs SRH, Weather forecast for Kolkata
According to AccuWeather, the temperature for Thursday, when Kolkata Knight Riders host Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens, will be 30 degrees Celsius at the beginning of the match. The forecast predicts that the mercury will dip to 27 degrees Celsius towards the end of the game. The humidity is predicted to stay between 60% to 79% during the IPL 2025 game. Expect the skies in Kolkata to be clear as there is negligible possibility of rain during the KKR vs SRH game at the Eden Gardens.
