Questions facing the first day-night Test in India

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India and Bangladesh will step into the unknown when they two teams play the first ever day-night Test in India, at the Eden Gardens. ESPNcricinfo poses five questions around day-night Tests

How will dew affect the cricket?

This will be the 12th day-night Test in all, but the first one to be played in proper winter. Of the 11 before this, nine were played in summer; the other two were hosted by Dubai, which doesn't have a cold winter. With winter of course comes the dew, heavy dew. The ball gets heavier and slippery, making batting easier. It is hard enough in ODIs; how will the Test manage?

There have been 12 first-class day-night matches in India before this, all played in the months of August and September. Even then there were complaints of dew; this Test will be in proper winter. That's one thing everyone will have eyes on.

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Will they get the ball right?

This will be the first Test with a pink SG ball. The feedback after the day-night first-class matches in Greater Noida in 2017 was mixed. Picking the ball was not an issue during the day or under the lights, but it was a struggle during the twilight hours when it appeared to be orange when tossed up in the air. However, the bigger problem was that it took spinners out of the equation.

Kuldeep Yadav, who played that Duleep Trophy, said it didn't turn much because of the extra lacquer required. The same went for reverse. Yuvraj Singh said the extra lacquer and the grass required to keep the ball in tact meant it swung and seamed more. Mohammad Shami was unplayable in a day-night club match played in 2016 in Kolkata between Mohun Bagan and Bhowanipore.