On this day: India hosted first floodlight match at JLN Stadium in New Delhi

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In the 1980s, one day cricket was growing fast. It was the era that saw a lot of changes in the limited over format. From the reduction of overs from 60 to 50 to fielding restrictions to playing under floodlights in colour kits, cricket was changing to how we know it now.

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