Pink ball Test feather in Sourav Ganguly's cap: Dilip Vengsarkar
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.
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.
The Eden Gardens is set to host India's first-ever Pink Ball Test when India take on Bangladesh in the second and final Test of the two-match series, starting November 22.
Ganguly added that the stadium and the scoreboard will be lit with pink lights. Along with it, even the prominent buildings in the city will be lit in the same manner.
India's last series against South Africa witnessed a poor turnout but the tickets for the first three days of the pink ball Test, beginning here on Friday, have already been sold out.
The first-ever pink ball Test in India will be played from November 22-26 and ticket demands have been high ever since online sales started.
Adam Gilchrist recalled the famous 2001 Test series against India which saw Australia end their 16th Test winning streak and how Harbhajan Singh tormented him throughout his career.
Jammu & Kashmir's first-team captain Parvez Rasool and the side's mentor Irfan Pathan met BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Monday.
On Sunday evening, Chahar finished with figures of 6/7 - the best figures by a bowler in T20I cricket - as India won the third and final match by 30 runs against the Bangla Tigers.
The BCCI will hold the Annual General Meeting under the leadership of president Sourav Ganguly on December 1.
Rishabh Pant has been struggling to score runs with the bat and recently made some errors behind the stumps as well during the India-Bangladesh series.
Doshi called on the custodians of the game to bring some regulations which would give a new life to the art of spin bowling.
