India have decided to not play Day-Night Test cricket against Australia during their tour Down Under at the end of this year.Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has slammed Indian cricket team\u2019s decision to not hold a Day-Night pink ball Test against Australian during the upcoming tour Down Under at the end of the year. Speaking to reporters at an event in New Delhi, the Mumbai Indians bowler said that India should be willing to try a new format.\u201cI don\u2019t know why they don\u2019t want to play day-night Test matches. It\u2019s an interesting format and we should try it. I am all for it. Tell me what\u2019s the apprehension of playing with pink ball? If you play, [then only] you can adjust. It may not be as difficult as it seems,\u201d the 37-year old was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.
\nNo Day\/Night Tests till our players are ready: CoA chief Vinod Rai
\nSingh\u2019s remarks came on the same day when the Committe of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai firmly backed the cricketing team\u2019s decision. Speaking at the launch of historian Boria Majumdar\u2019s book launch in New Delhi, Rai said that there is nothing wrong with India wanting to win the series. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong in us wanting to win all the matches? Any team that steps out on a pitch wants to win. 30 years back they said India play Test matches only to draw but they don\u2019t say that anymore,\u201d he said. But Harbhajan asserted that India would have an equal chance to triumph against Australia in the pink ball conditions and it should have been taken up as a challenge. \u201cWe have fast bowlers to trouble them. And what makes us think our batsmen can\u2019t take up the challenge of facing Aussie pacers? It\u2019s a challenge, and what\u2019s the harm in taking up the challenge?,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cDon\u2019t you accept the challenge of playing England in overcast conditions in their country? Isn\u2019t that a challenge? If we could take up that challenge why not pink-ball cricket,\u201d he further added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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