India's First Day-Night Test

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India’s first day-night Test was played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. This was the first time when Team India played cricket with a pink ball. To mark the special occasion, the entire city of Kolkata shimmered in a pink hue. The new BCCI chief Saurav Ganguly is the brain behind the first-ever day-night Test.

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Pink ball or pink cherry is used due to better during the night as compared to red balls. Under the , the red ball takes the brownish colour that the creating an for the cricket players. Even white balls aren’t of much use because they fast as compared to pink balls.

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