The BCCI president, Sourav Ganguly, has confirmed on Sunday that the Indian team will play India will play a day-night Test during their much-anticipated tour of Australia later this year. Last month itself the Indian skipper had asserted that the team is now ready to play a day-night Test anywhere in Australia.
As per the quotes in PTI, Ganguly said, “Yes, India will play a Day/Night Test in Australia. A formal announcement will be made soon.”
The BCCI President also confirmed that the second Test of the next home series against England will be a day-night affair. He added that the Board will be trying to include at least one pink-ball Test match in each series moving forward. Last year, the Indian team played their first-ever day-night Test at the Eden Gardens, registering a comprehensive win.
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While the venue has not been finalized yet, the pink ball Test is expected to take place either in Brisbane or Adelaide. Hosting the game in one of these venues makes sense given the better time slot for Indian broadcast audience.
On the eve of India’s three-match ODI series opener at home against Australia last month, Kohli had said, “We’re ready and up for the challenge – whether it’s Gabba, Perth… it doesn’t matter to us. It’s become a very exciting feature of any Test series and we’re open to playing day-night Tests.”
After India’s maiden day-night Test, Ganguly had said that they “will deal as per the request” of the host Board when on tour. However, with the day-night Test is expected to increase the number of attendances in the longest format, Australia had been hoping that India will agree to play one game at the Gabba this year.
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A Cricket Australia (CA) delegation met top BCCI officials on the sidelines of a limited-overs series in January with the day-night Test figuring on the agenda. Meanwhile, the recent reports have also suggested that India is set to play three ODIs and three T20Is in Sri Lanka after the IPL.
