Most of the cricket fans around the world are eagerly waiting for the Test series between Australia and India which is scheduled to commence later this year. After the shocking ball-tempering fiasco, Australian Cricket is going through a tough phase. On the other hand, Indian Cricket Team is enjoying the purple patch across formats and most of the cricketing pundits reckon that in the absence of Steve Smith and David Warner, they have a very good chance to register their first ever Test series win in Australia.
However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has denied playing the day and night Test match in Adelaide which is the first match of the series as well starting on December 6 and now the game at the Adelaide Oval will be played during the day.
Talking about the issue, a Cricket Australia (CA) spokesperson said, “We can confirm that we have received advice from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that it is not prepared to participate in a proposed day-night Test in Adelaide this summer. As a result, we can now confirm this Test match will be a day format. Whilst we appreciate some Adelaide fans may be disappointed, we know how popular the Adelaide Test is and look forward to hosting India there in December.”
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He further added, “We are committed to hosting at least one day-night Test each home summer as part of our continued focus to grow Test cricket, and we are excited about the day-night Test against Sri Lanka at the Gabba in January.”
Some of the reports also suggested that the Indian head coach Ravi Shastri feels that the Indian team needs more time to prepare for the day and night Tests as the players are not used to playing with the pink ball.
Earlier, South Africa was also initially unwilling to play their 2016 Test with the pink ball at Adelaide, fearing the hosts would have an unfair advantage. But they played and lost the match by 7 wickets.
So, keeping the past record in mind, BCCI has decided that India will not play day-night Test and stick to the conventional form of the longest format of the game. India’s support staff and captain know that this is a very good chance to change the history and win a Test series against Australia.
