Dilip Vengsarkar hails Day/Night Tests, says fans will lap it up

Former captain Dilip Vengsarkar on Tuesday, vember 5, hailed concept of Day/Night Tests in India, terming it as a good initiative which will bring crowd back to longest format of game.

"It (Day Night Test) is a good thing, we will have to wait and see at end of day on how it goes. Of course, re will be dew factor. So I don't kw how it will work, but I hope it goes well because it is good for Test cricket. We needed se changes to get people back watching Test cricket," Vengsarkar told reporters Mumbai.

He was speaking after unveiling book 'Wizards   Story of Indian Spin Bowling' penned by Anindya Dutta.

India will play ir first-ever Day/Night Test match against Bangladesh in Kolkata later this month.

Asked wher dew will be a factor, Vengsarkar said, "We will come to kw only after Test match, but it is good to start something. We saw in Australia how huge a success it was, so I am sure people of India will also lap it up. It is way to revive Test cricket and get crowds in."

Former India left-arm spinner Dilip Doshi also hailed concept of Day/Night Tests but said a spinner should t change basics.

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"You have to think of thing expect getting used to ball, practice with pink ball and focus on spinning, you cant worry about factors beyond your control. One single ball, wher it is white, pink or red should t change your approach. Basics should never change for you as a spinner," Doshi said.

Praising concept of Day/Night Tests, he said, "It is going to bring crowd back, because everything needs to be marketed well today. Test cricket should t die because if Test cricket is dead, cricket will be dead. Test cricket is proper diet without which you can't survive."

He blamed T20s for batsmen t being able to perform in or countries.

"re is so much of T20 that mindset is also being transferred into Test cricket. So same people who are playing T20, when y play Test cricket lose ir footwork. I don't see Dravids, Gangulys, Laxmans, Tendulkars, Sehwags anymore," he said.

"Most of current batsmen do t work on footwork anymore, today a lot of batsmen are using bat-speed and arm-speed to make ball disappear and that has become rm in international cricket, that is why most of teams are good at home and do t win overseas."

"Today re are great strikers of ball but t necessarily great batsmen," Doshi said during programme. 

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