5 things we learned from India's first Day/Night FC match with the pink ball

Mukund lays claim to being Test opener

Abhinav Mukund was in imperious form in both innings

The one batsman who looked confident against the pink ball on Day 1 when everybody else looked clueless was Abhinav Mukund – forever to be remembered as the first centurion in FC cricket played with the pink ball in India.

Mukund, who had made it into the fringes of the India team back in 2011 as the reserve opener but has not been considered since, proved why he was once held in such high regard. Mukund scored a total of 246 runs in the match, the next highest cumulated runs over 2 innings was Suresh Raina’s 125.

Sudip Chatterjee also looked fluent during his stand with Mukund for India Red, scoring the only other century of the match. As for Mukund, it can be imagined that he will be looking to use this Duleep Trophy to return to the national team set up.