KKR vs LSG: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Ajinkya Rahane once again looked disappointed with the Eden Gardens pitch. After the team's second defeat on home ground, he expressed disappointment over the lack of help from the pitch for the spinners.

However, when the controversial issue of 'home conditions advantage' was raised, Rahane chose his words carefully and said that any of his comments could lead to 'chaos'. Rahane said after the match, 'First of all, let me make it clear that there was no help for the spinners.'

The Super Giants scored 238 for three before restricting KKR to 234 for seven. Rahane's decision to bowl first backfired as the rival batsmen scored easily against KKR bowlers.

Rahane said, 'It was a great wicket, we all saw, almost 500 runs were scored on this wicket, it was difficult for the bowlers, but they took advantage of the conditions and used the boundaries very well.'

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When asked about the advantage of home conditions, Rahane said, 'Look, there has been a lot of discussion about the wicket. So if I say something now, there will be an uproar.'

Rahane made an indirect attack on curator Sujan Mukherjee and said, 'Our curator has got a lot of publicity. I think he is happy with this publicity. You can write whatever you want to write about the home advantage, whatever you feel. If I have any concerns I will probably tell it to the IPL rather than speaking it here…

The Super Giants spin duo of Digvesh Rathi and Ravi Bishnoi conceded a combined 80 runs in their eight overs but managed to take two crucial wickets. KKR's spin duo of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, however, did not get any wickets and conceded runs at a rate of over nine runs per over.If I say anything, there will be chaos... Ajinkya Rahane gets angry at the pitch curator after the defeat!

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