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Pic credit: Ishant Sharma Twitter handle NEW DELHI: Starting today, the Indian cricket team will play only their third Day and Night Test match. Day and Night Tests are played with a pink ball, which has evolved over the years. All leading ball manufacturers produce the pink ball. India played their first Day and Night Test at home, when they hosted Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in 2019. India won that match convincingly. Their next pink ball international assignment ended in disaster, when t...

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(AFP Photo) On Thursday, December 17, India and Australia will square off in a Day and Night Test match for the very first time. It will in fact be only the second time that India will be involved in a Day and Night Test match, after playing their first Test with a pink ball in 2019 against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens. Heres a quick recap of the evolution of the pink ball and Day and Night Test cricket: * Day & Night Test cricket is played with a pink ball. * The pink ball was trialed in a...