Harbhajan Singh slammed the BCCI for objecting the Day-Night test scheduled for India's tour of Australia later this year. The seasoned Indian spinner said at an event in New Delhi, “I don’t know why they don’t want to play day-night Test matches. It’s an interesting format and we should try it. I am all for it. Tell me what’s the apprehension of playing with pink ball? If you play, you can adjust. It may not be as difficult as it seems,” Singh was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.

The Australian cricket administration and a few players believe that BCCI refused the Day-Night matches to deny already weakened Australia, after two of its top players were banned for ball tampering, a definite edge at winning the tournament. The BCCI defended its decision by calling it India’s “best possible chance” of winning in Australia.

Harbhajan Singh went on to say, "So what if you get out? We have fast bowlers to trouble them. And what makes us think our batsmen can't take up the challenge of facing Aussie pacers? It's a challenge, and what's the harm in taking up the challenge? When we were new to Test cricket, we had only learnt how to bowl with SG Test ball and then slowly learnt to bowl with Kookaburra and Dukes.”

The 37-year old further went on to slam the board, "Don't you accept the challenge of playing England in overcast conditions in their country? Isn't that a challenge? If we could take up that challenge why not pink-ball cricket?"

The BCCI CEO, Rahul Johri however, chose to differ. Rahul Johri said, "Who we play, when we play, where we play and how we play is our prerogative. We will back everything for the Indian team to play to win,” Johri said.

Gautam Gambhir, who was also present at the event, took a dig at the board, "I don't think BCCI has marketed Test cricket as well as they have done with ODIs and T20s.”