Sourav Ganguly was expected to take a major decision after taking over as the chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. According to the information, an initiative has been taken to conduct day-night test matches between India and Bangladesh. According to reports, the BCCI has offered the Bangladesh Cricket Board to conduct a day-night test between the two countries.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly took over as president of the BCCI this month. Ganguly, who has been advocating for a day-night test for a long time, has become more likely to hold the match after becoming president. Cricket fans are hopeful that India will also hit the ground soon for their first day night test. India have not played a single Day Night Test match so far and now there is a possibility that they can host it against Bangladesh in Kolkata. With Kolkata being the nearest to Bangladesh of any Indian city, Sourav Ganguly has decided to host the day night match in Kolkata so even Bangladesh supporters can attend the match. Not only this, the ticket prices have been also lowered with minimum of 50Rs and maximum of 150Rs.
Sourav Ganguly has also invited Bangladesh PM Shaikh Hasina to attend the match on day 1, which as per the report has been accepted by her.
BCCI sent proposal to Bangladesh
According to the information, the BCCI has proposed to play the Day Night Test in Kolkata against the upcoming Bangladesh tour of India in front of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. The second match of the two-match series is to be played in Kolkata and the BCCI has talked about making the match a day night.
First Day Night Test will be held on the historic ground of Kolkata
The Indian team can be seen playing a Test match with a pink ball for the first time at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. BCB’s cricket operations chairman Akram Khan has informed the BCCI of the proposal of playing the day night test.
A two-Test series is to be held between India and Bangladesh. The first match will be played in Indore from 14 to 18 November. The second Test match is to be played in Kolkata from November 22 to 26. It is being talked about making this match a day night.