India to visit Australia in November 2020 - January 2021 for 4 Tests.
Legendary Australian cricketer Ian Chappell, on Monday, December 9, said the idea of playing two Day-Night Tests by Cricket Australia (CA) against the Indian team on the next tour could backfire on the hosts considering the fact that visitors possess a strong bowling attack.
According to a report in ESPNCricinfo, Cricket Australia (CA) chairman Earl Eddings had recently said he will meet the new BCCI administration to push the idea of having more than one pink-ball Test against Virat Kohli and his troops during a four-match Test series 2020-21 in Australia.
However, Chappell, former Australian skipper, wasn’t impressed with Eddings’ idea, saying the ploy against the number one ranked Test side could backfire spectacularly on the hosts.
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Chappell wrote in his column for ESPN Cricinfo: “Cricket Australia is contemplating two day-night Tests for the 2020-21 Indian tour. However, if that ploy is meant to advantage Australia, it may backfire as India have a strong attack and Kohli has already shown he’s adept at captaincy in this part of the world.”
He further added, “Despite doing a good job last tour and possibly overseeing an even better attack for next summer’s series, Kohli could face a different kind of challenge in Australia.”
Meanwhile, the BCCI President doesn’t seem keen on the idea. He recently said: “I have not heard anything officially from Cricket Australia. Two out of four will be a bit too much…it can’t replace traditional Test matches. We will assess it. But we can have one Pink Test every series.”
Eddings had said, “Pleasingly they've played their first day-night Test and won easily. Now they've got through that it might give them the right build-up to it over here. I've got no doubt they'll consider playing one and maybe even more day-night Test matches. But that's down the track to when we catch up with them in January.”
Noteworthy, India last month played their first-ever Day-Night Test at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata and won the historic pink-ball game with a huge margin against Bangladesh.
(With ESPN Cricinfo Inputs)