India, Dec. 3 -- Steve Smith wearing 'eye blacks' on his cheek bones in the build-up to the second Ashes game starting at Brisbane's Gabba on Thursday gives Test cricket a touch of American gridiron football that the ICC would have loved to cashed in on. But 10 years since it began with a lot of fanfare, day-night Test cricket is yet to cement its place in the international ecosystem.

Barring Australia though, who have hosted 13 out of the 24 pink-ball games played till date. Pit that against the three hosted by India, and one each by England and South Africa (both in 2017) and the disparity is too glaring to ignore on the eve of the 25th day-night Test.

It's not as if the results have dissuaded the hosting of pink-ball games. Australia...