Image Source : BCCI Virat Kohli
Indian skipper Virat Kohli is anxious that the lights on the Narendra Modi Stadium right here might probably affect visibility and mentioned the gamers might want to adapt rapidly.
The refurbished stadium, the biggest cricketing enviornment on this planet, does not have the normal floodlight towers however a hoop of LED lights across the perimeter of its roof. It is just like the ‘ring of fireside’ on the Dubai International Stadium, which frequently poses a problem to the fielding facet.
“It is such an exciting atmosphere here at the largest cricket stadium. I’m a bit more worried about the lights than the colour of the seats,” Kohli mentioned on the toss forward of the day/night time Test towards England.
“When it gets lost with the lights at the back, it’s hard to spot the ball. We’ve played at a similar stadium at Dubai. It’s about angles, body positions. You need to adapt pretty quickly,” Kohli added.
During final yr’s Indian Premeir League within the UAE, a number of regulation catches have been dropped by fielders in Dubai as a result of blinding lights, as in comparison with the stadiums Abu Dhabi and Sharjah.
Kohli additionally reiterated that he does not suppose the orange seats on the stands would pose a visibility problem for the gamers.
