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The prestigious Duleep Trophy will
return to the domestic first class
cricket calendar in the 2016-17 season
in a new avatar with matches being
day-night affairs played with a pink
ball, it was announced on Tuesday.
The traditional tournament, started by
the Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) in 1961-62, wasn’t played last
year due to a cramped schedule. But it
will make a return in the glamorous
new model, according to BCCI.
The success of the first-ever day-
night Test between Australia and New
Zealand at Adelaide in November last
year, has prompted BCCI to take the
step, in an attempt to engage
dwindling audience interest.
The maiden Australia-New Zealand
day-night Test saw record crowds
attend the historic event, with footfall
in excess of 45,000 every day.
Read more: Duleep Trophy to be day-night matches, played with pink ball: The Hindu - Mobile edition
return to the domestic first class
cricket calendar in the 2016-17 season
in a new avatar with matches being
day-night affairs played with a pink
ball, it was announced on Tuesday.
The traditional tournament, started by
the Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) in 1961-62, wasn’t played last
year due to a cramped schedule. But it
will make a return in the glamorous
new model, according to BCCI.
The success of the first-ever day-
night Test between Australia and New
Zealand at Adelaide in November last
year, has prompted BCCI to take the
step, in an attempt to engage
dwindling audience interest.
The maiden Australia-New Zealand
day-night Test saw record crowds
attend the historic event, with footfall
in excess of 45,000 every day.
Read more: Duleep Trophy to be day-night matches, played with pink ball: The Hindu - Mobile edition
hya Good Move by BCCI :clap
