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Playing with the 'pink ball' could be difficult for colour blind cricketers

Former Pakistani all-rounder Mudassar Nazar opines that the problem can only persist with the colour blind cricketers.

28 Nov 2019 2:02 PM

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

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

Former India batsman Rahul Dravid has said that the facilities available for the fans inside the stadium are a factor, which needs to be looked into to understand why Test cricket fails to attract crowds. (Photo: AFP)

Many factors must be looked into to know why Test cricket is unpopular: Rahul Dravid

According to Dravid, providing spectators with basic things like toilets, seating, and car parking can play make Test cricket popular.

21 Nov 2019 11:35 AM

Indian wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha is all geared up for the 'historic' day-night Test match. (Photo:TWitter)

Wriddhiman Saha ready for India's 'historic' day-night Test match

India will play a day-night Test match against Bangladesh at Eden Gardens, starting from November 22.

21 Nov 2019 11:18 AM

India's finest cricketers including Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev will assemble during the country's first-ever day-night Test against Bangladesh, starting here on Friday. (Photo:Twitter)

Finest cricketers to grace India's maiden pink ball Test

The iconic Eden Gardens is all set to witness a musical extravaganza in the presence of former cricketers, celebrities and politicians.

21 Nov 2019 9:26 AM

Wriddhiman Saha lauded India's bowling attack and said the colour of the ball (pink) would not affect the performance of the seamers. (Photo: AFP)

Wriddhiman Saha says that the color of ball won't matter to Indian seamers

Saha is among the few players to have played with the pink ball in domestic competition.

20 Nov 2019 8:52 PM

A handful of Indian players, including Bengal's Mohammed Shami and Wriddhiman Saha, have pink ball experience in domestic cricket. (Photo: BCCI)

'Mohammed Shami can be deadly on any surface, with any ball', says Wriddhiman Saha

Shami had a match haul of seven wickets among the Indian pace attack's collective haul of 14 scalps in the home team's innings.

20 Nov 2019 5:23 PM

As India gear up for their first-ever Day-Night encounter against Bangladesh at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Rohit Sharma will be looking stamp his dominance by turning on his hit-mode. The ‘hitman’ will aim to smash a ton with few sixes, after having dismissed for six in the first Test match. (Photo:AP)

Rohit Sharma two hits away from breaking this humongous record

The 32-year-old, however, need to hit two sixes to be the third batsman to hit 400 sixes in International cricket.

20 Nov 2019 4:41 PM

Skipper Virat Kohli, who during the first Test, registered a feat by becoming the Indian captain with most number of innings win, will be looking to stamp his dominance and score a ton to be the first Indian to achieve 5000 runs as captain. (Photo:PTI)

Virat Kohli 32 runs away from achieving this massive record

Kohli will be the sixth cricketer to achieve this milestone after Graeme Smith, Allan Border, Ricky Ponting, Clive Llyod and Steve Fleming.

20 Nov 2019 3:48 PM

As the first-ever day-night Test in India is inching closer, the venue of the match, Eden Gardens, is being decorated with pink lights. (Photo:ANI)

Eden Gardens decorated with pink lights for India's first ever day-night Test

The entire stadium along with Sourav Ganguly stand and Jagmohan Dalmiya stand is being decorated for the historic match.

20 Nov 2019 10:23 AM

Ahead of India's first-ever day/night Test match against Bangladesh, spinner Harbhajan Singh believes that the new format will not bring many spectators to the ground. (Photo:AFP)

Don't see pink ball attracting spectators to ground: Harbhajan Singh

The 39-year-old told reporters here at a promotional event.

20 Nov 2019 10:12 AM

Ahead of the day-night Test against India, Bangladesh spinner Mehidy Hasan has revealed that the side's pacers are preparing for the pink-ball Test by dipping the ball into water to negate the dew factor. (Photo:ANI)

Bangladesh seamers preparing for D/N Test by dipping ball into water: Mehidy Hasan

Miraz said the pink ball tends to move around more than the red ball and the spinners would be able to make it bounce a little more.

19 Nov 2019 11:54 AM

India and Bangladesh will play their next Test under lights with the pink ball at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata from November 22-26. (Photo:Twitter)

SG's pink balls at par with any other of its kind, says company's officials

The players are gearing up themselves at the Holkar Cricket Stadium these days for the pink ball Test match against Bangladesh.

19 Nov 2019 10:51 AM

Former Indian cricketer Madan Lal on Monday said that the pink ball Test between India and Bangladesh will be a challenge for the batsmen but it will be fun for the bowlers. (Photo:Twitter)

Challenge for batsmen, fun for bowlers: Madan Lal on pink-ball Test

Lal is also very optimistic about the day-night Test as he called it a 'really good move'.

18 Nov 2019 3:43 PM

Ahead of India's first day and night Test match, batsman Cheteshwar Pujara is finding it difficult to keep his eyes away from the pink ball. (Photo:Twitter)

Cheteshwar Pujara gets glued to pink ball ahead of India's first-ever Day-Night Test

Pujara took to Twitter and shared a picture of him practising with a pink ball under lights.

18 Nov 2019 12:22 PM

India play their first day-night test as part of a two-match series against Bangladesh this month and while there may be some apprehension about using the pink ball for the first time they are unlikely to lose any sleep about facing a team in disarray. (Photo:Twitter)

India finally join the pink-ball party in Bangladesh series

India have won all five tests since the World Test Championship kicked in, including a 3-0 whitewash against South Africa last month.

13 Nov 2019 12:19 PM

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