Day-night Test

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Kane Williamson's New Zealand know they need to re-adapt quickly to the nuances of day-night cricket to have any hope of winning a first series in Australia for more than 30 years when this week's opening Test begins. (Photo:AFP)

New Zealand face day-night challenge as Australia series begins

The tourists pad up for the first of a three-Test series in Perth with no warm-up games and in forecast 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) heat.

10 Dec 2019 12:19 PM

Despite being the fastest batsman to register 7000 runs in the longest format of the game, Australian cricketer Steven Smith has admitted that there is a sense of inhibition as he prepares for the pink-ball Test. (Photo:AFP)

There is a sense of unknown: Steve Smith on pink ball Test

The first Test between Australia and New Zealand will begin from December 12 at Perth Stadium, one of Australia's newest Test centres.

09 Dec 2019 2:38 PM

Cricket Australia (CA) is set to request the BCCI to agree for more than one Day/Night Test during India's 2021 tour Down Under but Indian Board chief Sourav Ganguly on Friday said such a proposal would be a 'bit too much'. (Photo:AFP)

BCCI prez Sourav Ganguly says CA's proposal for 1 plus D/N Tests is 'bit too much'

A CA delegation is expected to meet BCCI top brass during the three-match ODI series in India starting January 14 next year.

06 Dec 2019 3:35 PM

Cricket Australia (CA) is set to request the BCCI to agree for more than one Day/Night Test during India's 2021 tour Down Under, when officials of the two boards meet on the sidelines of a three-match ODI series in January next year. (Photo:AFP)

Australia eyes more than one Day/Night Test against India in 2021 series

According to a report in 'ESPNCricinfo', CA feels encouraged about the proposal after India won their maiden D/NTest against Bangladesh.

06 Dec 2019 12:45 PM

Indian cricket board chief Sourav Ganguly believes pink-ball tests are here to stay and wants the team under Virat Kohli to play at least one such match in every series. (Photo:Twitter)

BCCI prez Sourav Ganguly wants India to play pink-ball tests in every series

India became the last major cricket nation to embrace day-night tests when they hosted neighbours Bangladesh in front of a sellout crowd.

03 Dec 2019 11:46 AM

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly is looking forward to Men in Blue's first-ever day-night Test match at Eden Gardens on Friday. (Photo: Twitter/ BCCI)

Sourav Ganguly excited for India's first day-night Test

Earlier in the day, Indian skipper Virat Kohli also expressed his excitement over the pink-ball Test and called it a 'big occasion'.

22 Nov 2019 11:15 AM

Ahead of the second and final Test match against Bangladesh, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, Sourav Ganguly shared pictures of pink ball-shaped sweets. On Thursday, Kolkata turned on pink lights to mark the first-ever Day-Night pink ball Test match, that will start today. (Photo:Twitter)

Sourav Ganguly posts picture of Pink ball sweets before India’s first ever D/N Test

The West Bengal-based sweets are known as Sandesh.

22 Nov 2019 10:34 AM

Batsmen will continue to lord it over cricket even if the balance is somewhat restored. (Photo: PTI)

Pink cricket in India, at last

Spotting the ball in twilight isn't easy and the pink ball tends to do a lot more in playing tricks off the surface.

22 Nov 2019 2:28 AM

India skipper Virat Kohli is all set for the 'historic' day-night Test match against Bangladesh. (Photo:Twitter)

Virat Kohli all set for 'historic' day-night Test against Bangladesh

During the pre-match press conference, Kohli compared the buzz for the day-night Test to the T20 World Cup match against Pakistan in 2016.

21 Nov 2019 5:54 PM

Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque on Thursday rued that his team didn't get a practice game to prepare before taking on India in their first-ever Day/Night Test. (Photo: AFP)

A practice match with pink ball would have been helpful, rues Mominul Haque

New BCCI president convinced BCB to play a pink ball Test, leaving no provision for a warm-up game.

21 Nov 2019 5:44 PM

Ahead of India's first-ever day-night Test, skipper Virat Kohli on Thursday woke up early to witness the ongoing first Test between England and New Zealand. (Photo:Instagram)

Waking up to see Test cricket takes you back to childhood: Virat Kohli

He also said that waking up to see Test cricket takes one back to their childhood.

21 Nov 2019 5:35 PM

To mark the historic occasion of the first-ever day-night Test match between India and Bangladesh, the Tata Centre turned pink to pay tribute to the longest format of the game on Wednesday evening. (Photo:Twitter)

Tata Centre turns pink to pay tribute to day-night Test

This is being done as the Test match will be played with a pink ball unlike the red ball used traditionally.

21 Nov 2019 4:17 PM

Suresh Raina is one of the few Indian players to have played a match with the pink-ball. (Photo: File)

'Toss will be vital in the day-night Test', says Suresh Raina

Raina said that the batsmen will have their task cut out as the pink-ball will help the bowlers.

21 Nov 2019 3:58 PM

Former opener Gautam Gambhir feels the India and Bangladesh captains need to be innovative while handling their pacers with the pink ball, including using them frequently under lights for more effectiveness. (Photo:Twitter)

Pacers will be more effective if captains use them under lights: Gautam Gambhir

India and Bangladesh will play their first-ever Day/Night Test at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata beginning on Friday.

21 Nov 2019 3:49 PM

Sachin Tendulkar, who had earlier voiced his concern about tackling the dew factor, said the Indian cricket think-tank should do a postmortem after the match gets over. (Photo: Twitter)

Sachin Tendulkar says that D/N Test is win-win only when standard of cricket isn't compromised

India are the last among top Test-playing nations to join the 'pink ball bandwagon'.

21 Nov 2019 2:35 PM

Asked if he would be ready to play a Day/Night Test in Australia during next year's big tour, Virat Kohli gave a positive reply with a rider. (Photo: AFP)

Virat Kohli says that India will play D/N Test in Australia but there is a condition

India is finally playing a Day/Night Test with the pink ball against Bangladesh starting on Friday.

21 Nov 2019 2:16 PM

Krishnamachari Srikkanth Srikanth said that questions about the standard of cricket being played can arise if matches keep ending in three days. (Photo: PTI)

'Day-Night Test would be a challenge for the spinners': former cricketer K Srikkanth

Srikanth said that it needs to be seen whether skipper Virat Kohli decides to go in with Kuldeep Yadav instead of Ravichandran Ashwin.

21 Nov 2019 1:41 PM

Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday inspected the Eden Gardens pitch, the venue where Men in Blue will play their first-ever day-night Test match. (Photo: Twitter/ BCCI)

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly inspects Eden Gardens pitch before India vs Bangladesh encounter

The hosts have already won the first Test match against Bangladesh, gaining a 1-0 lead in a two-match Test series.

21 Nov 2019 1:09 PM

Virat Kohli said that it would be nice to see a Test match being played with around 80,000 spectators watching it. (Photo: PTI)

'Do not want Day/Night Test to become the only way to play Test matches': Virat Kohli

Kohli also compared the buzz for the day-night Test to the T20 World Cup match against Pakistan in 2016.

21 Nov 2019 12:57 PM

Sourav Ganguly convinced the Bangladesh Cricket Board to agree to a Day/Night Test just a few days before their team was to land in India. (Photo: PTI)

India favourites to win their first Day/Night test encounter against Bangladesh

It took India a new BCCI regime under maverick former captain Sourav Ganguly to take the pink ball plunge.

21 Nov 2019 12:44 PM

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