India are set to play a day-night Test in Bengaluru against Sri Lanka, and will presently likewise play the T20I leg of the visit first - an inversion of what had been initially planned.
The dates are as yet being changed, however the BCCI seems to have consented to Sri Lanka Cricket's solicitation to play the more limited configuration first, to permit a smoother bubble-to-bubble move of their T20I crew, who will have recently closed a series in Australia.
This change likewise mean Virat Kohli won't play his 100th Test in Bengaluru, a possibility that was on the cards after he completed the South Africa visit on 99 Tests. He had missed the second Test in Johannesburg due to back fits.
The main Test will currently be played in Mohali, with the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, which has now updated its flood lights, set to have the visit finishing pink-ball Test. Dharamsala is probably going to open the visit with the initial two T20Is before the groups continue to Mohali for the last game
With northern India still amidst winter, the board is hesitant to plan the day-night Test in Mohali attributable to mist and weighty dew. One more justification behind the change according to a Karnataka State Cricket Association official is Bengaluru offers direct network to Colombo, which would then permit Sri Lanka to fly home without a visit.
Hesitant for long to have pink-ball Tests, the BCCI came installed with the thought interestingly when they facilitated Bangladesh at Eden Gardens in November 2019. In February last year, they facilitated England in Ahmedabad for their subsequent pink-ball Tests. India won the two Tests inside three days.
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