At long last, India ready to take day-night Test plunge
BCCI president has convinced captain Virat Kohli to start playing pink-ball cricket
20 November 2019 - 15:20
Kolkata — India have traditionally been reluctant to embrace innovation in cricket, but on Friday after much heel-dragging they will finally experience a day-night Test when they face neighbours Bangladesh in Kolkata.
The game’s most influential nation was the last major team to jump on the Twenty20 bandwagon, and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) doggedly resisted the decision review system before accepting it almost reluctantly...
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