IPL 2025: Crowd support, not pitch, provides the real home advantage, says KKR mentor Dwayne Bravo
Several IPL franchises have complained about the perceived lack of ‘home advantage’, as far as the pitches at their venues are concerned, but IPL veteran Dwayne Bravo believes it’s the fans which make the crucial difference as both sets of players have to adjust to the playing surface.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) mentor Zaheer Khan, after the defeat on Tuesday, said – only half-jokingly – that it looked like “it was the Punjab (Kings) curator out there.”
LSG joined Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in claiming that they receive few favours from curators at their home venues, but Bravo – the KKR mentor these days – it’s the passion in the stands that provides the real advantage.
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