With no clarity yet on whether the Adelaide Test between Australia and India will be a day-night game, as proposed by the hosts, or a day-only affair, as it is speculated India want, James Sutherland has suggested that such decisions be left to the home board going forward.
India are scheduled to play four Tests during their tour, which starts in November 2018 and goes on till January 2019. The first of these has been pencilled in for Adelaide from December 6.
Along with the fact that India have never played a pink-ball, day-night Test, it’s also important to note that Australia have won each of the contests they have hosted to date.
Sutherland alluded to that when he said, “To be frank, I think they want to come out here and beat us. There’s a sense, or a reality, that Australia has won each of the pink-ball Test matches that have been played in Australia and there may be a sense that it gives us a bit of an advantage.”
The remaining Tests will be played as day games in Perth (December 14-18), Melbourne (December 26-30) and Sydney (January 3-7). The Tests will be preceded by a three-match Twenty20 International series, with a three-match one-day international series coming at the end.
