New Chandigarh, June 5 -- Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir extended his support to the International Cricket Council (ICC) idea of switching from a red ball to a pink ball before the start of the Afghanistan Test that is likely to be affected by bad light.

Gambhir argued that teams should not lose crucial opportunities because of external factors like bad light.

He also believes it would be unfair if poor light prevented the match from continuing and denied them a chance to secure qualification.

Gambhir was speaking to the reporters on the eve of India's one-off Test against Afghanistan in New Chandigarh.

"I love that because I've always believed that if there's an opportunity to get a result, you should always have that opportunity. ...