Root opted to bat first with the plan of getting big runs on the board like in the opener earlier this month and make most of the pitch as it wears down over the course of the third Test.
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NEW DELHI: Starting today, the Indian cricket team will play only their third Day and Night Test match. Day and Night Tests are played with a pink ball, which has evolved over the years. All leading ball manufacturers produce the pink ball.
India played their first Day and Night Test at home, when they hosted Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in 2019. India won that match convincingly. Their next pink ball international assignment ended in disaster, when they were bowled out for their all-time lowest Test innings total of 36 by the Australians in Adelaide in December 2020, eventually losing the match by 8 wickets. That match was played with the Kookaburra pink ball.
India has officially opened the world s largest cricket stadium that can accommodate an awe-inspiring 132,000 spectators. A state-of-the-art facility, the Narendra Modi stadium has been built at a cost of $800 million in the western state of Gujarat.