The day-night Test match will happen only when COA approves: Amitabh Choudhary

BCCI acting secretary, Amitabh Choudhary admitted that the decision on day-night Test depends on the Supreme Court appointed CoA. Meanwhile, BCCI held a meeting to discuss the various venues for the home matches of India in the 2018-19 season.

Previously, Amitabh Choudhary had sent an email to CoA head Vinod Rai stressing the need to host a pink-ball Test in India. In the mail, the BCCI acting secretary said BCCI should host day/night Tests to regain fans’ support in Test cricket.

“Today’s meeting was essentially to fix venues and dates for India’s home series beginning with West Indies and concluding with Australia. The venues for the matches with West Indies and Australia were also decided,” Choudhary said to ANI.

The decision will take place after CoA’s approval:

Chaudhary revealed that they also discussed the prospect of day-night Test cricket in India. However, he added that the final decision needs the approval of CoA.

“The committee considered the proposal of converting 1 of the 2 Test matches into a day-night Test match. We considered the viewpoint of all the stakeholders and the view was unanimous on favoring this experiment,” he” said.

“However, the decision was not taken today. The only decision taken today was to send recommendations to the COA. The day-night Test match will happen only when COA approves,” Choudhary concluded.

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