NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will soon take a decision on hosting the first ever day-night Test in India.
BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary on Tuesday told PTI that this question has been popping up every now and then (about playing and hosting day-night Test). “A decision will be taken sooner than later but not in the context of this Test match against Afghanistan,” said Choudhary while announcing the dates of Afghanistan’s inaugural Test in Bengaluru from June 14-18.
India is not among eight out of the 12 Test playing nations that have been part of day-night cricket. The first five-day game under lights was played between Australia and New Zealand in 2015.
Former BCCI president Anurag Thakur had earlier declared that India would host its first-day night Test against New Zealand in 2016. That plan did not materialise.
Nine day-night Tests have been played so far with the pink ball, two of them last month — between England and Australia, and South Africa Zimbabwe, reports PTI.
