The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to continue the neutral curator concept in the next Ranji season (2018/19). The board mentioned that the concept led the high positive feedbacks from all the curators.
During the recent two-day annual Curator’s conclave in Mumbai, which ended on Thursday, the decision was taken. While the traditional home-away format in the Ranji trophy returned in the last season, the cricket board introduced the neutral curator concept to stop making the designer pitches during the home games.
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A senior BCCI official told PTI, “We got a very positive feedback from all the curators this time about the neutral curator concept. There hasn’t been any significant adverse report from the match referees with regards to poor or sub-standard pitches. So it was decided that neutral curators will continue for the upcoming domestic season also.”
He further added, “The tendency of the host associations to coerce the local curators into preparing designer tracks is a thing of past now. The feedback we got is that neutral curators were adept enough to stave off any kind of pressure that is put on them. Also if the local groundsmen are under pressure to suppose prepare a rank turner, he can always complaint to the neutral curator.”
While the official mentioned that the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru) has the best drainage facility, they are expecting that the other major international venues around this nation will soon have the same kind of drainage facilities.
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He said on that, “Chinnaswamy Stadium has the best drainage facility among the stadiums. We are expecting that all the major international venues will have the same kind of drainage facility. The concept of sub-soil drainage was also discussed.”
He also praised the curators for their positive hard-works during the recently concluded IPL 2018.
The official said on that, “The standard of pitches during the last IPL was very good and the curators were praised for their work. The list of neutral curators will soon be released after the next round of meetings.”
