IND vs BAN |  This “magnificent” Indian team can find a way to win anywhere, believes Sunil Gavaskar

IND vs BAN |  This “magnificent” Indian team can find a way to win anywhere, believes Sunil Gavaskar

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Sunil Gavaskar has heaped praises on the Indian Test side as he went on to claim that the side can win matches even while playing on sand or snow. The former Indian skipper has also stressed that different records should be maintained for pink ball matches as red-ball format record.

The Indian Test team, also the No.1 side of the world in the format, seems unbeatable and especially at home as they look to extend their unbeaten run in the World Test Championship to 7 matches. Currently, India top the Championship table with 300 points in their bag as they look to seal their 12 straight series win at home. Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar has expressed his support for the side as he heaped praises on the team claiming that the team can win matches even on snow or sand.

"This is a magnificent Indian team which can find a way to win even if they are playing on the snow in Iceland or sand in the Sahara Desert. So it does not matter whether any of the players have played earlier with the pink ball or not," TOI quoted Gavaskar.

On November 22, India will become the last major nation in the World to play a Test under the lights, four years after the new format was introduced. This is a move by the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) to boost the attendance at Test matches in the country. The hosts will be taking on Bangladesh in their first-ever under-lights encounter in this format of the game at the historic Eden Gardens.

The BCCI has kept away from day-night Tests since the first pink-ball game in Adelaide between Australia and New Zealand in 2015. It refused to play a Test under lights in Australia last year. England, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies have all played at least one day-night Test but the BCCI, by far the richest and most powerful board in world cricket, dodged it, reportedly due to negative player feedback. Gavaskar has expressed that pink ball encounters have a great future ahead as he urged to maintain distinct records for day Test matches and the underlights affair.

"When day-night cricket started not many would have thought it would be successful but look at the huge following it has now, so there's no reason to believe that day-night Test cricket won't be successful too. The only thing I feel is that the stats for pink-ball Test cricket should be separately maintained from red-ball cricket.

"Similarly, for limited-overs cricket also the stats should be separate for red-ball and white-ball, or some sort of distinction made so that future generations can know what was what."

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