RAWALPINDI (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan ke kaptaan Babar Azam aur head coach Mike Hesson ne kaha hai ke team ko home Test pink ball se khelne par ghaur karna chahiye, jab Rawalpindi mein Sri Lanka ke khilaf draw hone wale pehle Test mein kharab roshni aur barish ki wajah se taqreeban 141 overs zaya ho gaye.
Match ki har shaam khiladi muqarrara waqt se pehle maidan se wapas chale gaye, aur chauthe din roshni kam hone aur phir barish ke baad seh pehar ko khel khatam kar diya gaya. Jumma ko Saud Shakeel ke 97 runs ki badaulat Pakistan ne aakhri din poori batting kar ke match draw kiya.
Hesson ne kaha, “Yeh yaqeenan aisi cheez hai jis par aainda series ke liye baat honi chahiye. Saal ke is hisse mein Pakistan mein kahin bhi Test match khelna ek challenge hoga.” “Ab jabke ICC ne ise ek option ke taur par ijazat de di hai, series se pehle is par sanjeedgi se ghaur hona chahiye.”
Babar ne is tajweez ka khair maqdam kiya lekin 17 November se Rawalpindi mein shuru hone wale doosre Test ke liye ise mustarad kar diya. Unhon ne kaha, “Is ke liye tayyari karni paregi kyunke hum aam taur par red ball se khelte hain. Pink ball se Test khelne ki tayyari ke liye do din kaafi nahin.” “Achhi baat hai ke yeh option hamare paas hai, lekin pink ball Test ki tayyari ke liye zyada waqt darkar hai.”
Pehli October se nafiz ek tajrubati qanoon ke tehat, agar dono boards muttafiq hon to kharab roshni se zaya hone wala waqt kam karne ke liye din ke Test matches mein bhi pink ball istemal ki ja sakti hai. Yeh faisla match shuru hone se pehle karna hota hai, aur khel shuru hone ke baad gend tabdeel nahin ki ja sakti.
Pakistan ne apne mulk mein kabhi pink ball Test nahin khela. Us ne Dubai mein do day-night Test matches ki mezbani ki, October 2016 mein West Indies aur October 2017 mein Sri Lanka ke khilaf, aur apne chaar day-night Test matches mein se sirf pehla jeeta hai, jis mein Azhar Ali ne West Indies ke khilaf naqabil-e-shikast 302 runs banaye the.
Mausam pehle hi is series par asar daal chuka hai. Smog ki wajah se doosra Test Lahore se muntaqil karna para, is liye dono match Rawalpindi mein khele ja rahe hain.
