The newly proposed Test championship cycle of the International Cricket Council (ICC), which comes into effect post June 2019, does not include Day/Night or Pink Ball Tests over the next four years. The draft of ICC's new Future Tours Program (FTP) - which has been designed keeping this Test cycle in mind - follows the same policies until 2023. Keeping this in mind, the Indian cricket board was busy contemplating not hosting a Test match under lights either at home or playing one on the tour of Australia later this year.
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Need sufficient time to prepare for D/N Tests: Shastri to CoA
"The CoA had a discussion with Shastri during which he apprised that whilst the team and the management are not averse to playing Day-Night Tests, they want sufficient preparation time" - Vinod Rai © Getty
BCCI's decision to avoid Day/Night Tests received a shot in the arm when coach of the Indian team,
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