In the foreseeable future, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is apprehensive about organizing Test matches with pink balls.
Secretary Jay Shah confirmed the most recent development and stated that the board is against the matches’ persistent propensity to end early. Interestingly, all three pink-ball Test matches that India has played thus far have been almost one-sided. In just three days, they triumphed against Sri Lanka (2022) and Bangladesh (2019), while in 2021, they beat England by ten wickets.
Jay Shah stated that Indian fans are currently more interested in seeing a five-day Test match than they are in pink-ball contests. He did, however, guarantee that the board would arrange for test matches to be held under lights once the supporters became accustomed to shorter matches.
It will be necessary to raise public interest in the pink-ball test. The (pink-ball) tests concluded in two or three days, if you remember. Watching a four-to-five-day test match is everyone’s dream. We’ll do further pink-ball tests once they’re more accustomed to it, Shah told reporters following the WPL auction on December 9.
Notably, Australia defeated India in the most recent pink-ball Test match, with Virat Kohli’s team being dismissed for just 36 runs in Adelaide. Since Australia easily defeated the total, there hasn’t been much debate in the cricket community over the day-night test. Shah reaffirmed that and said they were in discussions with the ECB to host one, and they would go about it gradually.
Since it was last done in Australia, nobody has continued the practice. The 35-year-old stated, “We were in talks with England, but we will do it gradually.”
India has a busy schedule of tests in the upcoming days. After a two-match series against South Africa, Rohit Sharma’s team will play five matches against England. The squad would like to do well and continue competing to earn a spot in the WTC final for the third time; therefore, both series are extremely important.
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