What Goes Into the Making of the Pink Ball?
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What Goes Into the Making of the Pink Ball?

The Quint  

The ball is coloured pink to help visibility under the flood lights of night cricket. This addition of colour tends to make the ball aid conventional swing over reverse swing. The pink ball aids conventional swing more because of the extra lacquer used to make sure that the ball is easy to spot even under lights. The spotting has been a major area of concern with the pink ball, especially in the twilight phase. The pink ball takes around 7-8 days to make and it starts with the preparation of the pink-dyed leather.

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Pink ball does more than red, one has to find his own way to deal with it: Rohit
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Pink ball does more than red, one has to find his own way to deal with it: Rohit

Deccan Chronicle  

Adelaide: India skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday said that one will need to devise his own methods to deal with the challenges posed by the pink Kookaburra ball during the day/night Test against Australia as it would do a bit more than the traditional red cherry. Rohit, who didn't score too many in the truncated warm-up game against the Prime …

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