Plenty of questions still to be answered: Shastri on pink ball

historic significance of India's maiden Day/Night Test isn't lost on him but national coach Ravi Shastri on Friday also struck a te of caution by saying that "plenty of questions" on pink ball's behaviour are still to be answered. Seven years after International Cricket Council (ICC) gave its go-ahead, India finally embraced revamp which is aimed at bringing back crowds to Test format. "(It's a) historic occasion, boys will look forward to it. re will be a wait-and-watch game as well," Shastri said while speaking to official broadcaster here before start of opening day's play in game. "Plenty of questions to be answered and time will tell," he added.

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game is just 12th Day/Night game since format was rolled out in 2015 during an Australia-New Zealand series. 

"Adapting to pink ball will be a challenge, we've got to see how ball will behave, how close will it be to how Test cricket should be. It seems a little harder and heavier than red ball," he said. 

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"So when you're catching, you have to watch it that much closely into hand. Only time will tell how it behaves, how it will handle dew, how much of swing re is, how much of reverse, how much will it help spinners," he explained.

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India captain Virat Kohli has also been guarded in his views and in pre-match press conference stated that Day/Night games can only be an exception t rule. Shastri said he would observe how things work out in this game before giving a definitive view. "We're making a start, it'll be interesting to see how it goes," he said.

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