#3 Organizing Day-Night Test matches in India
The popularity of test cricket is increasingly going down around the world and it’s a challenge, not only for the ICC, but all the member boards to find ways to bring some excitement back to the longest format of the game.
Organizing day-night test matches is one of the ways to do it because the reason why most of the people keep themselves away from test cricket is because it’s a 5 day format and people can’t skip their jobs or classes to come to the stadiums.
If a test match is a day-night affair, people will have time to come to the stadiums. But, the biggest problem with day-night test cricket in India is the dew. Most of the venues in the country get a lot of dew at night and the pink ball goes really soft and wet as the dew takes over.
Once the pink ball goes soft and wet, the bowlers almost go out of the play as they can’t control their lengths. While, for the batsmen, it gets really easy as the ball starts skidding on to the bat nicely.