In an historic moment for Indian Cricket, the Indian team will play their maiden Test match against Bangladesh to be played at iconic Eden Gardens, Kolkata from 22nd November. It is a massive moment for Test cricket in India as this day-night Test match could increase the popularity of longer format.
After the 3 match T20I series between India and Bangladesh starting from November 3rd, both teams will feature in the 2 match Test series starting from 14th November. The second Test match to be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata would be a day night affair. It will be a part of the ICC Test Championship.
The match will be played from SG and it would be a challenge for both these Teams as they have not played any day night Test match. The Indian team were reluctant to play day night Test but now with Sourav Ganguly coming as BCCI President, this would be a massive boost for Test Cricket in India.
In the recently Test series between India and South Africa, there were less crowds at Vizag, Pune and Ranchi. The BCCI had introduced the pink ball in Duleep Trophy which continued for three years before the board scrapped this year due to lack of coverage.
Among the current Indian players, Mayank Agarwal, Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav have played day night Test match during the Duleep Trophy games.
Sourav Ganguly is confident that the day night Test match between India and Bangladesh would bring crowds to the ground after work. It is a massive moment for Indian Cricket to witness day night cricket.
Overall, there have been 11-day night Test matches played. The first one was played between Australia and New Zealand at Adelaide Oval in 2015. The most recent took place between Sri Lanka and Australia at Brisbane, Gabba in January this year.
The curator of Bengal Cricket Board is hopeful to make the day night Test match a very memorable one and hope to see lot of people enjoying the match in mad cricketing city.
