We should have a practice match ahead of day-night Test: Mominul
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh skipper Mominul Haque said on Thursday that they should have a practice match ahead of day-night Test in future as they prepare to take on the host in the series concluding Test match at Edem.
Bangladesh will lock horns with India in the historic pink-ball Test match at Eden from November 22.
Mominul said that they had to take away their minds from the fact that there was no practice match with a pink ball.
‘’We didn’t get any opportunity for practice game in pink ball. At that moment we can’t do anything. At that time the only thing you can do is you can take your mind away from it[ no practice game available],’’ Mominul told reporter at Eden on Thursday when his attention was drawn about practice game with pik ball.
‘’I think that is the most important thing when you have any opportunity [ of practice game with pink ball] it is better to take away your mind from it[ thinking about it,’’ he said adding that it should not be the case in future.
‘’Definitely if you want to play any Test match in pink ball you should have practice match,’’ he said
Though Bangladesh had a practice match ahead of their lone Test match against India at Hyderabad in 2018 it was not the case when the tourist played their opening Test at Indore, where they were humiliated by the host inside three days.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli echoed the same sentiment ahead of their maiden Test match in pink ball as they did not have any practice game ahead of their historical pink ball Test match.
‘’I think it depends when the Test happens. If it’s the first Test, then obviously before the first game you play. One of them can be normal red ball practice game, and one before the Test could be a pink ball practice game. But if it’s the second of third Test, I would ideally like more break between the two Tests. And have a practice game before the pink ball Test, whenever that is, obviously playing under lights. So it can’t be that before the tour you play a pink ball practice game and then the Test is actually third. That wouldn’t make any sense. So I think whenever it is, there should be a practice game planned just before that Test and accordingly we should have enough days in between,’’ said Virat.
