After Team India’s refusal for day-night Test during their tour of Australia, it has had a flow-on effect to the Sheffield Shield, with no pink ball fixtures programmed in the 2018-19 schedule released as per cricket.com.au. This will be the first time in six years that all the Shield games will be played in the day.
The BCCI officially informed Cricket Australia that Virat Kohli and Co would not engage in any pink ball Test during their tour Down Under after CA wanted to continue with their recent tradition of playing the opening Test at Adelaide from December 6-10 under lights.
The CoA has backed the Indian team’s demands of not playing pink ball cricket for next 18 months. “I believe every team wants to win the series and that’s why we want to give our team the best possible chance,” CoA chief Vinod Rai had said.
