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Gautam Gambhir Says Ranji Trophy Final Should be Played with Pink Ball
By Shruti - Nov 28, 2019 11:19 pm
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Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has requested to BCCI president Sourav Ganguly to hold a Ranji Trophy final under floodlights and play with the pink ball after the huge success of India’s maiden pink-ball Test against Bangladesh at Kolkata.

Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir

“I was at Eden Gardens and the Pink Ball Test was done really well by Sourav Ganguly and his team. There was just enough hype and drama around the game,” Gautam Gambhir wrote in his column for The Times of India. “I was happy to see that fans’ interest was not compromised. I’d now request Dada to have a Ranji Trophy final with a pink ball.”

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Gambhir also thinks that India captain Virat Kohli should accept Australia captain Tim Paine’s challenge to play a day-night Test against Australia. However, during the 2018-19 tour, they were supposed to play a pink-ball Test in Adelaide but India had refused to play at that time under floodlights.

kohli
Virat Kohli

“I like the way Australia skipper Tim Paine has ‘flighted’ one for India captain Virat Kohli, challenging him to play a day-night fixture on the next tour Down Under. Knowing Virat he is not the one to back out. And why should he? A day-night Test match between India and Australia at Brisbane or the MCG will be quite a spectacle. And you can trust Aussies to make it a truly memorable game by some smart marketing,” he added.

“I haven’t seen Virat’s response for Paine but if I was him I would have straight away told him to make some late night babysitting arrangements as we were ready!,” Gautam Gambhir concluded.