Toss up between Hyderabad and Rajkot for India's maiden day-night Test

The city of Hyderabad or Rajkot is likely to host India’s maiden day-night Test match. West Indies will be coming to India later this year, and the side will take on India in the historic encounter. The BCCI locked India’s home series itinerary and there will be toss up between the two cities for a Test match.

A meeting was held to decide the venues for the home series against West Indies and Australia. The committee decided to turn one of the two Test matches against Windies into a day-night affair.

The ball in CoA’s court

“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.

But the BCCI official added that the decision will only be finalised after approval from the Committee of Administrators (CoA).”

“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,” he said.

Amitabh Choudhary had sent an email to CoA head Vinod Rai, stating the need to host a pink ball Test match. The BCCI acting secretary stressed on the importance of hosting a day-night game to rope in more fans for the longest format of the game.

Eventful fixtures for the Indian side

The Indian side will play 3 Test matches at home. One against Afghanistan in June and two more against the West Indies side in October. Apart from that India will also host the Windies for five ODIs- Mumbai, Guwahati, Kochi, Indore and Pune in early November. The two sides will also lock-horns in a T20I series, which will be played at Kolkata, Chennai, Kanpur.

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