The newly elected BCCI President Sourav Ganguli is strongly
pitching for Day-Night Test Cricket. He wants the second Test match between
India and Bangladesh to be held in Day-Night format. Media is widely spreading
the chorus without questioning the reasoning behind the demand.
It is understood that Test Cricket invites less number of
watchers. But the reason is not that the game is played during the day. The
reason is that the game continues for 5 days! No one has such kind of time and
hence Test Cricket is one of the most "Outdated" games today. And
Day-Night format will not solve this problem.
Then the question is - what is the problem that Day-Night
format of Test Cricket supposed to solve? No one has any good answer!
But the pitfalls are many. Day-Night format will lead to
increased cost or expense in conducting the matches. Also, it will mean the
employees and supporting staff will have to work at inhuman hours in order to
make the arrangements. Their families and kids will suffer apart from their
health. The BCCI or their super-rich President may not be worried about
increased cost, since their coffers are filled with gold, but the human cost of
conducting the matches at inhuman hours should not be over-looked by the decision
makers.
The sane thing to do about this proposal is to ask questions.
And if there are no good answers, simply disagree with the proposal!
- Rahul Tiwary
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