“The city turns pink on the pink Test,” Ganguly had tweeted earlier, with pictures of some prominent Kolkata buildings decorated with pink lights.
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“Well BCCI and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB)… look forward to 5 days @JayShah,” he captioned the video.
After long resisting the latest innovation in Test cricket, India will join the party that is aimed at increasing crowds and TV audiences for the longest format of the game.
Day-night Tests were successfully introduced in 2015 but it took India a new BCCI regime under former captain Ganguly to take the pink ball plunge.
Ahead of the ongoing series, Ganguly convinced the Bangladesh Cricket Board to play a Test under floodlights and now he has arranged a grand spectacle at the Eden Gardens.
Prasanta Patnaik