By: Sandipan Bose
The pink ball is dipping a lot under the lights is what India Green’s opener Robin Uthappa pointed out. This is perhaps the only issue that would be bothering the management.
“There has been dip,” Uthappa pointed out. “The ball has been turning a bit for the spinners. I do not really understand why, probably because the ball gets really old.”
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“If that’s the case they could make a rule where the ball can be changed at 60 overs instead of 80 and then we can still have a good match,” he insisted. “That option can be given.”
“We tried to get it to reverse but it didn’t,” Uthappa told the media during the Duleep Trophy match between India Red and Green here in Greater Noida. But, added that sighting the pink ball isn’t an issue at all.
“Spotting the ball is not an issue. But I think the ball changes colour when the light changes. Towards the evening it becomes kind of orange but again in the night it becomes pink. Some players have felt the ball dip on them and that is a factor,” Uthappa added.
