New Delhi: New Zealand coach Mike Hesson on Tuesday said that though New Zealand Cricket had a discussion with the Board of Control of Cricket in India about playing a pink ball Day/Night Test match but it did not work out in the end.

"There's no doubt that the pink-ball Test was discussed. We obviously having played one and would be quite happy to play another, but for some reason it wasn't thought appropriate. Certainly not something that came from our camp," Hesson said.

Like New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, the coach too feels that spinners could dominate the upcoming Test series.

"We spent a lot of time in Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. That was very much a spin-dominated series. Although it didn't spin much, certainly it was slow and probably of similar pace that we are going to face in India.

"It is very difficult for us to replicate those conditions at home," coach Hesson said.

About the proposed two-tier Test format which has now been scrapped, Hesson said: "We have been operating in the same system for some time. Every series is a new challenge.

"We take every series seriously. As a cricketer, you do face this challenge. Every cricket player wants to play a format that has context, every series you play needs to mean something".

Hesson is also happy with the working relationship that he shares with Williamson, who he believes has seamlessly taken over from the now-retired Brendon McCullum.

"Seamless, I think that's the way we would like it to operate. Kane had captained 36 games before he took over full-time. Even when Brendon was the captain, Kane came in during tours as stop-gap leader and it was a seamless change.

"The key to any captain-coach relation is about making sure you use each other's strength. Kane is very thoughtful, methodical, likes to play well but also likes his own time.

"Brendon wasn't hugely dissimilar to that. He prepared really well, was probably a little more of a high-profile character, especially in New Zealand.

"Kane's probably slightly more of a backseat guy, but within the team, they operate in very similar fashion," the coach said.

Speaking about reverse swing, Hesson said: "It's a huge component, for New Zealand and also for a lot of other countries. We have already spent a lot of time in Zimbabwe where we got the ball to reverse. On surfaces that aren't responsive in terms of seam movement, and are abrasive and the ball loses shine very quickly, you need to find another way. "