Team India Begins Preparations For Pink Ball Test In Chennai
India and England are scheduled to play a day/night test match in Ahmedabad from 24th February. India on Tuesday leveled the four-match test series 1-1 after they beat England by 317 runs at Chennai.
Video: Hardik Pandya and Cheteshwar Pujara facing standby bowlers Rahul Chahar, K Gowtham and Shahbaz Nadeem with the pink ball. Vikram Rathour and R Sridhar are overseeing the session. @sportstarweb pic.twitter.com/ZUMHWgFGVv
Star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah was also seen bowling with the pink ball for a short time as reported by sportstar. Allrounder Washington Sundar was also part of the practice nets along with wicket-keeper Wridhiman Saha.
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The third and fourth test match will be played in the newly constructed Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera. With a seating capacity of over 1,00,000, the stadium is the biggest in India. BCCI has confirmed that the stadium will be filled with a 50% crowd.
"Ahmedabad is totally sold out for the day-night Test match because it's the first game there after a long period," BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said.
