India to play day-night Test in Australia: Sourav Ganguly – cricket

The Indian cricket team will play a day-night Test in Australia when they go for the Tour Down Under later this year, according to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly. “Yes, India will play a Day/Night Test in Australia. A formal announcement will be made soon,” Ganguly told PTI. India had earlier refused to play a day/night Test against the same opposition in Adelaide when they toured Australia in 2018/19.

The side played their maiden day-night Test against Bangladesh in November last year at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, in which they had picked up a comfortable win by an innings and 46 runs.

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The report has come in just a month after India captain Virat Kohli stressed that his team is ready to play a pink-ball Test anywhere in Australia.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.”

During Australia’s tour of India in January, a Cricket Australia delegation met with top BCCI officials to discuss the possibility of hosting a day-night Test during the upcoming tour.

Meanwhile, India will play two-match Test series against New Zealand with the first Test starting from Thursday next week in Wellington.