NEW DELHI: India will have to embrace day-night Tests and shed its apprehensions about the crimson ball suits, seasoned spinner Harbhajan Singh instructed on Thursday.
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India have refused to play the Adelaide Test against Australia later this year under lighting, inviting grievance from numerous gamers, together with Mark Waugh and Ian Chappell.
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"I don't know why they don't want to play day-night Test matches. It's an interesting format and we should try it. I am all for it," Harbhajan mentioned throughout an interplay.
"Tell me what's the apprehension of playing with pink ball? If you play, you can adjust. It may not be as difficult as it seems," India's third-highest wicket-taker in Tests mentioned.
The CoA has backed the Indian workforce's calls for of now not playing crimson 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 leader Vinod Rai had mentioned at a serve as on Thursday, which was once also attended by Harbhajan.
When told that Indian batsmen may have been in bother under lighting facing Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, it was once an inimitable Harbhajan answer.
"So what if you get out? We have fast bowlers to trouble them. And what makes us think our batsmen can't take up the challenge of facing Aussie pacers. It's a challenge and what's the harm in taking up the challenge. When we were new to Test cricket, we had only learnt how to bowl with SG Test and then slowly learnt to bowl with kookaburra and dukes," he mentioned.
Harbhajan then spoke about quite a lot of demanding situations.
"Don't you accept the challenge of playing England in overcast conditions in their country. Isn't that a challenge? If we could take up that challenge why not pink ball cricket," he wondered.
"Life is a learning process and there is no harm if we could adapt to a new format."
However certainly one of India's largest spinners doesn't assume that Day-Night cricket could be the saviour of longest layout.
"Had it been so, it would have been introduced much earlier. But no harm playing pink ball tests from time to time," Harbhajan mentioned
Harbhajan also instructed that India should host crimson ball suits. When reminded of the dew think about India throughout iciness months which causes critical impediments, pat came the solution.
"Then don't play pink ball Test in October-November, if you feel dew is a factor. Play at some other time when the dew factor can be negated but try out a new thing," Harbhajan concluded.
ALSO READ: Waugh criticises India's 'selfish' day-night Test refusal
India have refused to play the Adelaide Test against Australia later this year under lighting, inviting grievance from numerous gamers, together with Mark Waugh and Ian Chappell.
ALSO READ: India can win day-night Test, says Ganguly
"I don't know why they don't want to play day-night Test matches. It's an interesting format and we should try it. I am all for it," Harbhajan mentioned throughout an interplay.
"Tell me what's the apprehension of playing with pink ball? If you play, you can adjust. It may not be as difficult as it seems," India's third-highest wicket-taker in Tests mentioned.
The CoA has backed the Indian workforce's calls for of now not playing crimson 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 leader Vinod Rai had mentioned at a serve as on Thursday, which was once also attended by Harbhajan.
When told that Indian batsmen may have been in bother under lighting facing Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, it was once an inimitable Harbhajan answer.
"So what if you get out? We have fast bowlers to trouble them. And what makes us think our batsmen can't take up the challenge of facing Aussie pacers. It's a challenge and what's the harm in taking up the challenge. When we were new to Test cricket, we had only learnt how to bowl with SG Test and then slowly learnt to bowl with kookaburra and dukes," he mentioned.
Harbhajan then spoke about quite a lot of demanding situations.
"Don't you accept the challenge of playing England in overcast conditions in their country. Isn't that a challenge? If we could take up that challenge why not pink ball cricket," he wondered.
"Life is a learning process and there is no harm if we could adapt to a new format."
However certainly one of India's largest spinners doesn't assume that Day-Night cricket could be the saviour of longest layout.
"Had it been so, it would have been introduced much earlier. But no harm playing pink ball tests from time to time," Harbhajan mentioned
Harbhajan also instructed that India should host crimson ball suits. When reminded of the dew think about India throughout iciness months which causes critical impediments, pat came the solution.
"Then don't play pink ball Test in October-November, if you feel dew is a factor. Play at some other time when the dew factor can be negated but try out a new thing," Harbhajan concluded.
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