History of pink ball test is very dangerous; 22 matches played in nine years, 73% matches were limited to four days

The second match of the five-Test Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) is being played between Australia and India from December 6. This match to be played in Adelaide Over will be a day-night test. The day-night test is played with a pink ball. India has played only one pink ball test in Australia before this and they had to face a crushing defeat in that.

Well, the history of the pink ball test is not that old. The first day-night test was played between Australia and England in 2015, which was over in three days. In fact, since that inaugural game, a total of 22 day-night Tests have been played, of which 73% have concluded in four days or less. It turned out that only six Tests resulted on the fifth day out of a total of 22 Test matches, while the results came in four days or less by 16 Test matches and no day-night Test has reached a draw so far, after all.

India has played four day-night Test matches so far. Of these, three have been played on their home ground and one match has been played in Australia. India has won all the matches played at home. They have defeated Bangladesh, England, and Sri Lanka. At the same time, they had to face a crushing defeat in the match played in Australia in December 2020. In this match, India was all out for just 36 runs.