There have been only 16 pink ball Test matches in the world and many of those have finished fairly early. There have been some abysmal batting performances, like in the last pink-ball Tests India and England played before the one.
India were 36 all out against Australia in Adelaide in December and England were all out for 58 in Auckland in early 2018.
“If there’s a little bit stacked in favour of the bowlers, this is what might happen. When there is a little bit of advantage to the bowlers, where it swings more or seams more, the margin of error for the batter is little. It happened even at the Eden Gardens against Bangladesh [day-night Test, November 2019]. You might say these are one-off occasions [in normal Test cricket], but these are a regular affair in pink-ball Tests,” he said.
Ashwin added that players would get used to it with time.
“The pink ball has added a new dimension to the game, so it’s about adapting. You play more and get used to it, the players are going to adapt…
