Pink Ball vs Red Ball Difference: The second test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia will be played in Adelaide from 06 December. This will be a pink ball day-night test. The first Test of the series was played with regular red ball in Perth. In such a situation, Adelaide Test will not be easy for both the teams. So let us know what is the difference between red and pink ball and how pink ball is different from red ball.
How is the pink ball different?
Pink ball is used in day-night test. The visibility of pink ball under lights at night is better than red ball.
The pink ball has a special coating compared to the red ball. This coating is called Polyurethane coating. With this the ball can be kept shiny for a longer time. The longer the shine, the more the ball swings. The pink ball can be swung easily for 40 overs. Sometimes the ball still swings even after 40 overs. Then reverse swing is also expected from the old ball.
The red ball is stitched with white thread. The pink ball is stitched with black thread. This is also used for better visibility.
What is the problem?
Apart from the good things, Pink Ball also has problems. Players who have color vision problems. It is not easy for him to judge the line and length of this ball.
Alex Carey’s reaction to the pink ball
Australian wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carey while talking about pink ball had said that to play with this ball you have to see the ball till the very end. Apart from this, he said that keeping with this ball is also quite different, this is because the ball has more shine.
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