Overview
- Multiple reports detail revised hours for the India–South Africa second Test at Barsapara: play from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm with sessions 9:00–11:00, tea 11:00–11:20, 11:20–1:20, lunch 1:20–2:00, and 2:00–4:00, with a possible 30‑minute extension.
- The schedule aims to maximise daylight in India’s northeast, where earlier sunsets often curtail late‑afternoon play.
- Outlets attribute the change to an agreement between the BCCI and Cricket South Africa to reverse the usual lunch‑tea sequence.
- Wisden notes ICC Test Playing Conditions specify 40‑minute lunch and 20‑minute tea intervals but do not prohibit swapping their order with appropriate approvals.
- A PTI report quotes the Assam Cricket Association saying it has not yet received formal BCCI notification, as Barsapara prepares for its inaugural Test from November 22 after the series opener at Eden Gardens on November 14.