The Indian players' transition from red ball to pink would have been smoother had the Test series against Australia started with red ball matches, feels Sachin Tendulkar. If that had happened, India could have avoided the eight-wicket thrashing they suffered in the pink ball day-night first Test in Adelaide. "By playing red ball Test matches first, the transition would have been smoother to pink ball Test, according to me," he emphasised. One occasion he expressed his reservations was after India beat Bangladesh in the first pink ball day-night Test at home, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, in November last year. The BCCI thinking immediately changed and when India's tour was rescheduled, and the first Test was pencilled in as a pink ball day-night affair in Adelaide.

Source: dna December 25, 2020 16:18 UTC