Duleep trophy: Floodlight malfunction takes sheen off pink ball debut

August 23, 2016 21:28

It was an inauspicious start to the inaugural Day/Night Duleep Trophy match with a major floodlight malfunction grabbing more attention than Pink ball making its first class debut in India.

A power failure saw two stoppages in play with the second one leading to lights going off completely in a couple of floodlight towers.

There was a total 78 minutes of interruption due to power tripping in two towers in two separate phases.

Yuvraj Singh's India Red lasted only 48.2 overs as they were bowled out for 161 with Sandeep Sharma grabbing 4 for 62.

Left-handed opener Abhinav Mukund was the only batsman who looked in control during his innings of 77 off 116 balls that had 12 boundaries.

Incidentally, Red team were all out even before the floodlights became functional.

One thing was evident that the pink ball swung a bit more under lights than in the afternoon session. The entire focus during the duration of play was on the pink kookaburra.

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