Srinagar: The ongoing IPL 2025 clash between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata was halted by gutsy winds and rains.
Former cricketer Matthew Hayden on JioHotstar Broadcast termed intensity of the winds as ‘absolute chaos’.
Hayden said that the ground staff were actually sitting on the covers in Kolkata to prevent them from blowing off since there seemed to be no weights to keep them fixed on the ground. He summed the situation as watching “featherweights in a heavyweight contest”.
“There was one portion of the covers, which had about six people standing on it, it got blown off and all those guys were launched up into the air. And then the cover disappeared into the crowd. It’s been carnage here,” Hayden said on JioHotstar. “It started with a dust storm, which was exciting enough as it was and then we had sideways rain that completely caught the ground staff unawares. Currently you can see behind me, they’re all sitting on the covers because they don’t have the weights that actually weigh down the covers. There’s a win that’s whistling about at 60-70 kilometres an hour and it been a real spectacle besides the batting we have seen from the Punjab Kings batting.”