FIRST –ever India’s Day & Night Test Cricket match will be eventful: CAB
Sourav Ganguly led BCCI and Cricket Club Of Bengal with which he had
been associated in various capacities are making all efforts to make the
subcontinent’s first ever Day and Night Cricket Test memorable. Several cricket
biggies and iconic players are expected to be present along with Bangladesh
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the historic Eden Gardens Stadium where Sourav
Ganguly had first captained India. The five- day & night test match between
Virat Kohli led India and Mominul Haque captained Bangladesh will be from
Friday, November 22.CAB has kept ticket prices affordable for commoners. Among
the galaxy of Indian sports persons who have consented to witness the historic
event are former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, Olympian Abhinav Bindra,
tennis player Sania Mirza, India’s badminton face PV Sindhu and six-time
boxing champion MC Mary Kom. Host CAB has also awaiting nod of incumbent world chess champion Magnus Carlson to be
present in the stadium as he will be competing in the Tata Steel Chess
India-Rapid & Blitz not far away from Eden Gardens during the period.
Former world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand has confirmed his presence.
Incidentally,28 years old Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque is elated to
lead his country against India in the 2 test match series. The first test
between the two neighbouring nations will be played at ex-princely state Indore
in Madhya Pradesh from November 14 to 18.
The magnificent, majestic & historical cricket ground ‘Eden Gardens’ built in 1864 .Its capacity has been increased to 68,000 over the years.It is the Home Ground of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) of IPL T20 Tournament. It is owned by the Indian Army and CAB is its operator.(edited by PK Chakravarty expressing courtesy to youtube for the image).