24 August,2016 08:28 AM IST | | PTI
India's opening pink-ball first-class match between India Red and India Green stops twice due to floodlight breakdown at Greater Noida ground yesterday
Players make their way back to the pavilion as floodlights go off in one section of the ground in Greater Noida during the opening Duleep Trophy game between India Red and India Green yesterday. Pic/AFP
Greater Noida: The post dinner break session in the inaugural Duleep Trophy Day/Night encounter between India Red and India Green was delayed by 17 minutes due to floodlight malfunction at the stadium.
Players make their way back to the pavilion as floodlights go off in one section of the ground in Greater Noida during the opening Duleep Trophy game between India Red and India Green yesterday. Pic/AFP
The post dinner break session was supposed to start at 7:01 pm but it couldn't be started before 7:18 pm as bulbs in most of the floodlight towers were not illuminated.
"There was a problem of power tripping and that was the cause for the delay in commencement of the final session," a UPCA official said. There was further embarrassment in store for UPCA as light in two of the towers, installed by former India captain Kapil Dev's company Dev Musco, completely went off at 7:56pm as the players were forced to leave the field.
