Legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar shared a suggestion for pink-ball Tests, saying that the matches should be hosted in cities with a “busy corporate life”. Australia have hosted 13 Day-Night Tests thus far with Adelaide hosting eight games. Back in 2015, the inaugural pink-ball Test took place between New Zealand and Australia at the Adelaide Oval.
Since then, 23 pink-ball Tests have taken place. Recently, India and the Aussies faced off in Adelaide. It was the second Day-Night Test this year after West Indies beat Australia by eight runs at The Gabba in Brisbane.
“What I think really is it should be played in cities where there is a busy corporate life, there are people working until 5:30, 6 in the evening, unable to come and watch matches. In cities like that, you should maybe play one pink-ball Test. Then at 6 in the evening, a lot of people can come in and get to watch about four and a half hours of cricket,” Gavaskar told India Today in an interview.
Gavaskar also suggested that a series comprising four to five Tests can have one Day-Night Test. “One pink-ball Test in a four-match and five-match series should be fine,” Gavaskar added.
Australia keep dominating Day-Night Tests
Australia continued their impressive run in pink-ball Tests after winning by 10 wickets against India. Mitchell Starc started the match with a wicket of his very first ball, after which he went on to take a six-wicket haul. Thereafter, Travis Head’s 140-run knock helped the home team take a massive lead of 157 runs in the first innings.
Pat Cummins took a five-wicket haul to make sure that India were shot out for 175 in their second innings. Chasing a target of 19, Australia romped home in 3.2 overs to make it 1-1 in the series.
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