Watch: Indian pace unit provides feedback on Pink Ball experience

Watch: Indian pace unit provides feedback on Pink Ball experience. (Source – BCCI)

India will play only their fifth Pink Ball Test overall, and their second in Australia, as they take on the hosts in the second game of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Adelaide from December 6. At home, India have played three pink-ball encounters, winning all of them. But in Australia, they have a miserable outing as they were bundled up for just 36 runs during the Adelaide Test on the tour of 2020-21.

As the team is bracing up for the second Test, players were prepping with pink ball in hand and the making a thumping sound as batters defend the ball. In a video uploaded by BCCI, Indian pace unit, with most of them experiencing the pink ball exposure for the first time in Australia, have provided their feedbacks on the challenges of the new colour and drawbacks while using the same.

Here’s what India’s pace battery said:

Prasidh Krishna: “The pink ball is slightly bigger than what the red ball. The seam is dyed up to make it black, and this in turn makes a little bit heavier and lot more pronounced. It does give a lot more of the seam”.

Mukesh Kumar: “The seam is not visible very easily. There are some batters who rely on the shine of the ball, but in pink ball the shinier side is not visible easily”.

Akash Deep: “The ball is skidding a lot. It is tough for the batter. There is a lot of bounce. And most importantly, the ball remains fresh for long. Generally, the red ball gets old after five to six overs”.

Yash Dayal: “I have just bowled to Virat Bhaiya and Rohit Bhaiya in the nets. It is not swinging much. You got to keep the seam position straight. If you pitch the ball on the right areas, it’s deviating by itself. So this is the benefit”.