Rajasthan Royals Head Coach Rahul Dravid on Wednsday Cited Cases of Players Joining New Franchies and Consequent Lack of Familiarity with the Conditions as A Plausible Reason for Tamson for Tamson Lack of home advantage in this ipl. Several Teams Such as Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Chennai Super Kings, Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders Had Expressed Unhappiness About The Nature of Pitches aT he Venues.
“I think it depends from ground to ground really. I’m not really sure what special francies Well right after a big auction, “Dravid said on the Eve of RR’s match here against RCB.
Dravid then Validated His Arguments by Giving The Examples of Players Like RR’s Nitish Rana and RCB’s Phil Salt, Who Joined Those Teams after Last Year’s Mega Auction.
“It’s the first year after a big auction, so for a lot of the players as well, even what they may be your home players, they are playing for that for that teams or that grounds for the first time. of say, at rcb, someone like phil salt was at kkr and he’s coming here for the first time, “I’m just using he as an example. We have players in our team, for example, someone like Nitish Rana (KKR) was not with us and he’s play for this year, so for him, jaipur is actually kind of a new grund. “
The former Indian skipper said the new set of players will get more acclimated to the conditions as the season programs.
So, I think that when you just have a big auction and there’s a change of squad, the home advantage may not be that significant. Little bit more because then your players get to practice and play a little bit more.
“So, maybe, that count be a factor as well, that some teams are so Sort of home advantage is not that prevalent this time,” He added.
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