{"id":30801,"date":"2018-05-11T11:49:02","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T11:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=30801"},"modified":"2018-05-11T11:49:02","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T11:49:02","slug":"india-should-play-day-night-test-its-the-future-ganguly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/india-should-play-day-night-test-its-the-future-ganguly\/","title":{"rendered":"India should play day-night Test, it\u2019s the future: Ganguly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"itemHeader\">Kolkata,<\/div>\n<div class=\"itemFullText\">\n<p><span class=\"storyText\">The Indian cricket board may have refused to play a day-night Test in Australia later this year, but former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels the pink-ball contest is the future and the country will have to embrace it someday. \u201cDay-night Test is the way forward. Every country has to play day-night Tests. India have reservations but that\u2019s the long term future for Test cricket,\u201d said Ganguly. India are one of the only two current Test-playing nations to have avoided playing pink-ball cricket at international level, Bangladesh being the other one.\u00a0 Even as Ganguly sounded critical of India\u2019s decision to avoid playing day-night Test, the former left-handed batsman said the Indian team had the potential to win pink-ball Test matches. \u201cThey are a good side, they will win day-night matches also. It\u2019s just a different ball, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any other difference. And they have such class players, they can win,\u201d he said. On \u00a0Wednesday, former Australian skipper Michael Clarke had said that India refused to play a day-night Test in Australia because they felt they had a better chance against Australia with the traditional red ball. \u201cRemember India have never beaten Australia in Australia. This is their chance and that\u2019s exactly what Kohli, Ravi Shastri and all in Indian cricket would be thinking,\u201d Clarke had said.\u00a0 The Australian reasoned that the wickets are flatter and spin-oriented during the day, while at night there\u2019s little spin and a bit more movement with moisture around. \u201cThey prefer to take their chances during the day. I can understand why they do not want to play under lights.\u201d Ganguly also backed Kohli\u2019s decision to skip the historic Test against Afghanistan. \u201cI think since the side is Afghanistan, he has chosen to play county cricket. If it had been any other team, he would have not gone. It just shows how important the England tour is for him,\u201d said Ganguly. Ganguly said India were good enough to beat Afghanistan without Kohli. \u201cIndia will beat Afghanistan without Virat. 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