Sourav Ganguly has added further clarity to the ongoing discussion around the Eden Gardens pitch, offering a detailed account of how the surface was prepared ahead of India’s 30-run defeat to South Africa in the first Test. With questions continuing to swirl over who influenced the nature of the wicket, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president explained that the BCCI ’s own curators had taken charge of the pitch well before the match began. Speaking to India Today, Ganguly made it clear that he had no role in shaping the pitch, stressing that the BCCI’s pitch team assumes control four days prior to a Test. “I don’t get involved in that at all,” he said when asked whether the team management sought his input. “The BCCI curators take over the wickets four days before th

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