The Australian cricket board on Tuesday confirmed that it has scrapped the idea of hosting India for a day-night Test in Adelaide after the BCCI refused to back down from it’s earlier stance.
“We can confirm that we have received advice from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that it is not prepared to participate in a proposed day-night Test in Adelaide this summer,” CA chief James Sutherland said in a statement.
“As a result, we can now confirm this Test match will be a day format.”
Cricket Australia had pencilled in the December 6-10 Test in Adelaide as a pink-ball match but India baulked at playing under floodlights.
The reason for India, who are the world’s top-ranked team, is that they didn’t want to play their first day-night Test during such a high-profile series.
“Yes, it’s pretty clear that we are not playing a day-night Test in Australia, no doubt about it,” BCCI administrator Vinod Rai told earlier this month.
