“I think absolutely a pink ball test in this series against India is a great thing,” left-armer Starc told reporters in a video call on Tuesday.
Indian team who among all the Test playing nations initially resisted to the idea of playing with the pink ball and declined Australia’s offer to play a day-night test during their last tour in 2018/19, have finally agreed to lock horns with the Aussies in a pink ball Day-Night Test in the upcoming 4-match series.
“The fans love it, it creates a different aspect of the contest. I think bat and ball are a lot closer together. “India have obviously played a pink ball test at home so they’re not completely foreign to it.
“I guess in terms of the advantage if you like, we do have a good record at home with the pink ball.
“It’s no different to us going to India and they’ve got the advantage there.”
Australia have a cent percent win record in the newly devised pink ball format, winning all seven day-night tests they have played and Starc’s prowess with the pink ball has been key.
Though Starc has not been fan of moving away from the traditional red-ball day tests, the speedster has taken 42 wickets at an average of 19.23 with the pink ball against an average of 26.97 in all tests.