Zimbabwe's woes with the pink ball continued as South Africa stare at a big win against in maiden four-day one-off Test, at St Georges Park in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday.
A 150-run lead will be enough to enforce follow on instead of the usual 200.
CAB reportedly managed to pocket just over INR 40 lakhs from gate money during the India-Sri Lanka first Test last month.
This is Cook’s career’s tenth 150 plus Test score, his previous being 263 against Pakistan in 2015.
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.
125,993 people attended the four days of the Test, setting a new record for non-Ashes attendance at the Adelaide Oval.
Pakistan undoubtedly have the experience and advantage of playing at their adopted home and will battle it out hard to regain their top-spot after India snatched it riding on the whitewash against New Zealand recently.
England are now in line to become the third nation to stage a five-day Test under floodlights, following Australia’s day/night Test last year and Pakistan due to play the West Indies in a day/night Test in few days time.
Australia has been scheduled to play Day-Night Test matches against South Africa and Pakistan in the summer, with the Pink ball.
India's first pink ball tournament, under lights, Duleep Trophy 2016-17, will be played at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Stadium in Greater Noida, from August 23.