List of all Day/Night test matches played by Indian cricket team

The Indian cricket team played their first Day/Night test match in 2019.

The Day/Night test match format was launched in 2015 by the ICC with the aim of increasing viewership in test cricket as the third session of the day would be played in the prime time of around 7 pm local time.

It is played with a pink ball as other colors – red, orange, and yellow, which have been tried – are difficult to spot under lights.

The BCCI took their time to assess the Day/Night test match format and organized its first such test in 2019. The Indian cricket team have a good record so far in the pink-ball tests.

List of all Day/Night test matches played by Indian cricket team:

1. vs Bangladesh, Kolkata, 2019

India’s maiden Day/Night test match was against Bangladesh. It was played in Kolkata in November 2019.

The Indian seamers ran riot in the game, bowling Bangladesh out for 106 and 195 on either side of India’s only innings in the match, in which they scored 347/9d.

Ishant Sharma took nine wickets in the match and Umesh Yadav took eight wickets. Virat Kohli hit a brilliant century, scoring 136 runs in 194 balls.

2. vs Australia, Adelaide, 2020

The Adelaide test between India and Australia from the 2020/21 tour remains infamous for India getting bowled out for only 36 runs in their second innings. This was India’s first away day/night test match.

Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins combined to claim nine wickets as India succumbed to their lowest test score.

Australia won the match by eight wickets. Tim Paine was named Man of the Match for his fighting knock of 73* and seven catches.

3. vs England, Ahmedabad, 2021

Axar Patel had a chokehold on the England batsmen in the 2021 home series. In the third test of the series, which was a pink-ball match, he bagged 11 wickets in all, registering figures of 6/38 & 5/32, while R Ashwin took seven wickets as England were bowled out for totals of only 112 and 81.

India were handed a small target of 49 runs, which openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill chased down comfortably while remaining unbeaten.

4. vs Sri Lanka, Bengaluru, 2022

Another home day/night test match and it was another big win for the Indian cricket team as they thumped Sri Lanka by 238 runs in Bengaluru in 2022.

Batting first, India were bowled out for 252 runs with Shreyas Iyer being the top-scorer (92). In reply, Sri Lanka were knocked out for an even lower total of 109 runs as Jasprit Bumrah took a five-for.

Half-centuries from Iyer and Pant in India’s second innings handed Sri Lanka a target of 447 runs. The bowlers then bundled the Lankanks for 208, with Ashwin claiming a four-wicket haul, to seal a big win.

(List updated till 29th November, 2024)

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