BCCI quiet on Day-Night Test, Pink Ball cricket despite initial experiments

With Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke, the two ushers of pink-ball cricket and neutral venue matches in Indian domestic circuit, out of the administrational powers, courtesy Lodha reforms, it seems like the command is with Sourav Ganguly again to take initiative.

The enthusiasm for Pink-Ball cricket as well as day-night Test seems to have been a passing cloud in India, for Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have not shown any interest about any of these in recent times. It was right after Australia and New Zealand brought this new phenomenon into cricket arena that Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), led by its President and former India captain Sourav Ganguly, organised a Pink-Ball match under lights. Though the idea of using the pink ball was adapted for Duleep Trophy, it is unclear if BCCI are in mood to proceed with similar structure this year. READ: BCCI entrusts office-bearers to decide on next ombudsman

“Last year, we were told to make pink ball and supply them to the National Cricket Academy. But this year, nothing has been told to us. We are not able to understand whether the pink ball will continue or not this year,” said a cricket-gear supplier of India, quoted Times of India.

With Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke, the two ushers of pink-ball cricket and neutral venue matches in Indian domestic circuit, out of the administrational powers, courtesy Lodha reforms, it seems like the command is with Ganguly again to take initiative and act on the matter. Being the chairman of technical committee empowers him to propose the idea once again, which might in turn regularise India’s practice of Pink-Ball cricket.

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