The Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday refuted claims that they stopped fans wearing the Mohun Bagan jersey from entering the Eden Gardens during their IPL game against Lucknow Super Giants, dubbing them "misleading". 

The RP Sanjiv Goenka Group owns both LSG and Mohun Bagan, the century-old football club. Mohun Bagan secretary Debashish Dutta expressed dissatisfaction, releasing a media statement on Sunday that Mohun Bagan fans wearing jerseys with logos of Mohun Bagan, were not allowed to enter Eden Gardens. Bagan secretary also mentioned in his statement that Bagan fans did not deserve the insult. The KKR management denied the claims and, in a thinly veiled swipe, said the Goenka group was indulging in 'ambush marketing'. 

'There are some misleading reports that are floating around that KKR management had stopped some fans from entering Eden Gardens during the KKR-LSG IPL match on 20th May,' KKR said in a statement.

The franchise also revealed in its statement, "For the record, KKR management has nothing to do with crowd management at the stadium. We were told that some ambush marketing was attempted by some vested interests, which as per IPL league policy was promptly stopped by the IPL league Anti-Ambush Marketing team. KKR is grateful for the great relationship with all its fans in Kolkata and for making every game at Eden Gardens a full house. It has among the largest fan bases of any franchise and would never disrespect anyone."