Virat Kohli credited Sourav Ganguly for starting the process that has now resulted in India asserting themselves on the cricket field and getting inside the minds of the opposition.
Eden Gardens played the perfect host for the historic game with packed crowds on all three days, bringing back memories of the times when Test cricket was more popular.
Virat Kohli hailed Sourav Ganguly for introducing his brand of fearlessness in Indian cricket.
Sourav Ganguly praised Indian captain Virat Kohli for his splendid knock of 136, and talked about the pink ball.
The iconic stadium was packed to the rafters for the second Test between India and Bangladesh and a number of famous personalities ranging from former cricketers, athletes from other sports and politicians were present on the occasion.
The Cricket Association of Bengal had also invited Bangladesh players who were part of their team's first Test back in 2000, which too was played against India.
As many as 40000 (approximately) people flocked to Eden Gardens on Friday afternoon to catch the historic moment for Indian cricket.
Kolkata is covered with pink ahead of India's first-ever Day-Night Test, starting Friday at the iconic Eden Gardens.
The iconic Eden Gardens is all set to make history on November 22 when India and Bangladesh play their maiden Day-Night Test match.
Gavaskar was the last former India captain to head the Board when he was given charge by the Supreme Court to run IPL 2014 smoothly in the aftermath of a spot-fixing scandal.
India will take on Bangladesh at Eden Gardens here on Friday, which is the second Test of the series. The rampaging hosts won the first rubber by an innings and 130 runs.
While the team of Kohli and Shastri have already made giant strides in making this Indian team one of the best in the world, Ganguly's addition has only cemented the base further as India looks to dominate world cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar, who had earlier voiced his concern about tackling the dew factor, said the Indian cricket think-tank should do a postmortem after the match gets over.
Shastri was in fact expected to check the wicket on Tuesday itself, but a delay in his arrival saw him change his plan and head straight to the team hotel.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said it was after a long while that the first four days of a Test match had been sold out.
