In an e-mail to BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, host broadcaster Star has planned to invite all of India’s Test captains to commentate during the historic day-night Test to be played in Kolkata vs Bangladesh from November 22.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Indian Test captains would be asked to share their favourite moments from the country’s Test history
- VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid and others would also be reliving India’s famous victory over Australia in 2001
- Star is also planning to introduce audio commentary for spectators who will be present at the stadium
In the plan proposed by Star to BCCI President Sourav Ganguly for the pink ball Test, accessed by IANS, all former captains of the Indian team are to be invited for the first two days of the Test match and will be asked to share their favourite moments from India’s Test history.
“Invite India Test captains for Day 1 & 2 of the Test. All captains at the ground along with (Virat) Kohli and the rest of the team as well as the dignitaries line up for the anthem. Captains appear on commentary as guests through the day to recollect their favourite moments from India’s Test history. Down memory lane segments recorded with individual captains are played on the big screen at the ground in breaks Day 4 onwards,” reads the plan for the former India captains.
This will interestingly be the first time that Dhoni will be seen donning the role of commentator and if the former skipper does accept the invite that has supposedly already been sent, it will undoubtedly be a treat for the fans who can never have enough of their Captain Cool.
Prasanta Patnaik