Pink is camera friendly, but a day-night Test far away

Forget the players, even the TV cameramen have taken a liking to the pink ball being used for the Duleep Trophy matches. Because of the brightness of the colour, the camera handling team is able to track the pink ball better than the red ball both during the day and under artificial lights.

However, long shots are a problem - the pink ball may not be clearly visible on your TV screens through a long shot during the day, and it cannot match the red ball in terms of long-shot visibility. At night, though, the visibility is better, and players feel high catches are easier to take with the pink ball than with the white ball. However, a day-night Test in India could still be a distant proposition.

"After analysing the pink ball be hind the camera, it's clear it will have to get some of the attributes of a red ball before a day-night Test match can be played in India," a source added.

After all, a five-day cricket Test match in India needs several elements of the game to come into play -batsmen need to score runs, pacers need to get early breakthroughs and spinners have to come into the picture from the third day onwards.

"These elements could be factored in if the condition of the pink ball is like the red ball," a BCCI source explained.