India and Australia are set to play a pink-ball Test match in their next fixture in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. The Cricket Australia (CA) scheduled a pink-ball day-night Test in Adelaide – the second Test – starting December 06, 2024.
Australia have played the most pink-ball Tests in history with 12 games to their name, while India have experienced only four such Test matches.
England have played seven pink-ball Tests, despite displaying a woeful win record in the format. West Indies have been a part of five Tests. A host of countries – Pakistan, England, New Zealand, India -, have played four day-night Tests.
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Even though Adelaide would bring the visitors nightmares from their last visit in the 2020/21 series, their recent win in Perth in the series opener would put them in a better place, at least mentally.
Indian batters would have to face the fierce Australian pace trio of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Scott Boland. On the other hand, Steve Smith & Co. have Jasprit Bumrah on the attack, leading a pack of young speedsters.
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As both sets of batters prepare for the worst circumstances, here is the list of top run-scorers in pink-ball Test matches.
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Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne is the leading run-getter in pink-ball Tests. He has an influential record of 894 runs in just eight matches. The right-hander averages a whopping 63.85, scoring four centuries and three fifties.
Player | Country | Matches | Runs | Average | 50s/100s | High Score |
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Marnus Labuschagne | Australia | 8 | 894 | 63.85 | 3/4 | 163 |
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Player | Country | Matches | Runs | Average | 50s/100s | High Score |
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Marnus Labuschagne | Australia | 8 | 894 | 63.85 | 3/4 | 163 |
Steve Smith | Australia | 11 | 760 | 40.00 | 5/1 | 130 |
David Warner | Australia | 9 | 753 | 47.06 | 1/1 | 335* |
Travis Head | Australia | 8 | 543 | 49.36 | 3/2 | 175 |
Usman Khawaja | Australia | 7 | 516 | 39.69 | 4/1 | 145 |
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