Kolkata: It wasn't until November 2015, and match number 2190, that the first ever day-night Test, with a pink ball, was staged at the Adelaide Oval, between Australia and New Zealand. Since then, there have been a further 10 Tests under lights as authorities seek to maintain the primacy of Test cricket and address the perceived problem of dwindling audiences.

While day-night Tests in Australia have been a roaring success, the same can't be said in England, which hasn't hosted a night game since 2017. South Africa have abandoned plans to build on their only pink-ball home Test, against Zimbabwe in 2017, and Bangladesh have made it clear that they have no intention of playing at home under lights, even if circumstances have driven them to accept the offer of the maiden pink-ball Test in India, at the hallowed Eden Gardens from Friday.