5 things we learned from India's first Day/Night FC match with the pink ball

Contrasting fortunes for two captains Yuvraj and Raina

Suresh Raina came up with two solid knocks in the perspective of the match, but the rest of his team did not respond

The two sides were led by two India greats Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina, who enjoyed disparate fortunes in the match. Yuvraj’s India Red won the match, but both his batting and his captaincy were found to have fault with. Suresh Raina, on the other hand, was on the losing side, but put up a brave fighting effort in both inings with the bat himself.

While Yuvraj managed scores of 4 and 10, Raina was among the highest scorers from his side in both innings. His 35 was the 2^nd highest score from the first innings, but it was in the 2^nd innings that his 90 infused a lot of excitement into the game. Even on the last day, with only the tail to bat with, Raina gave charge to Kuldeep and Nathu Singh, the most effective bowlers from India Red. He even produced a loft off the back foot played with a straight bat, showing batting prowess that he has often been criticised to be lacking.

Yuvraj Singh’s captaincy was found fault with on the final session of the match, as he let singles flow when it would have been more prudent to increase the pressure. However, this would not come back to bite Yuvraj as the margin of victory was the only thing left to be decided on the final day.