I figured out a manner in which to pass the data I wanted by assigning the data as part of the dataItem object that is sent to the detail grid during the expand change event.
Thank you for sharing a possible solution with the KendoReact community, it is highly appreciated.
We can also recommend using a function that will return the detail component plus the custom props. The approach can be seen for custom cells, but the same one can be used for the details as well:
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