MUMBAI: The BCCI conducted a three-day workshop at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad for all its certified curators (approximately 46 in number) around the country, which concluded on Sunday.

“This was the BCCI’s first curators’ workshop in six years, and the first one post covid,” a source told TOI.

Day 1 included a presentation by SIS hybrid pitch group, which has worked on the turf at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala. Day 2 saw an interactive presentation on classification of soils in use for cricket pitches in India by Dr SK Ray, principal scientist, ICAR. Day 3 saw an on-field demonstration of upgraded pitch rolling methodology on red soil, red and black mix soil and cracking black soil by Taposh Chatterjee and BCCI’s chief curator Ashish Bhowmik.

Also, curators of all the venues of the India versus England Test series earlier this year, shared their experiences of pitch preparation. There was also a discussion on the shortcomings of Ranji Trophy venues and suggestions for upgradation by Bhowmik.