Eden Gardens curator lashes out at MS Dhoni – Cricket News Update
Prabir Mukherjee, the curator at Eden Gardens, has termed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028’s insistence on preparing a rank turner for the upcoming third Test as unethical and has taken a month-long sick leave from his duties.
Dhoni had made it clear that he wanted to test the English players on pitches, which offer considerable turn from day 1. However, his thoughts did not go down well with Mukherjee, who publically criticized the Indian spinner and felt that such stance was immoral for cricket in general.
With him going against Dhoni’s wishes, BCCI duly acted and replaced him with Ashish Bhowmick, who is the Head curator for East Zone. That clearly upset Mukherjee, who is more senior to Bhowmick, and therefore, immediately sought a month’s leave. However, he made his views public, where he took a swipe at Dhoni and the BCCI.
"Why does Dhoni want a square turner on the first day? Then why are you selling http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cameron-James-Borgas-c49157 for five days? It's immoral," Mukherjee told CNN-IBN, before expressing disappointment over the whole saga. "I have not resigned but asked for a month's leave," he said. "I am not loving this atmosphere and not happy that the Cricket Association of Bengal did not support me."
Mukherjee, who has been preparing the Kolkata pitch since 1985, further revealed how the President of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jagmohan-Dalmiya-c65287, threatened him.
"Nowhere the president has the right to talk about pitches. But here they are threatening to suspend me if I talk about pitches. This is the treatment I get after more than two decades of my service at CAB," Mukherjee said.
The Indian team recently suffered one of their most embarrassing home losses, when they were gunned down by a 10-wicket margin at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 by a determined English outfit. The win helped the tourists level the four-match series 1-1, and further ensured them of avoiding a whitewash, which they had meted out to the Indians last year.
Dhoni and Mukherjee have had their differences in the past where the former described the Kolkata pitch as ugly when team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in an ODI match last year. In reply, the latter said that it was up to the batters to score runs, rather than the pitch.
The third Test starts from December 5.
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