The current Bangladesh team have no pink ball experience even at the domestic level and they only had four sessions with the ball after the Indore Test.
Virat Kohli didn't hide his apprehensions making it clear that "loving Test cricket" should be a choice and not compulsion, thus, sticking to original form should be a priority.
Team India captain Virat Kohli said that playing the pink ball will be challenging in Kolkata but Team India is ready for the Day-Night Test challenge.
Wriddhiman Saha also singled out Mohammed Shami for praise and said he can be deadly on any surface due to his ability to get reverse swing.
Bangladesh spin bowling coach Daniel Vettori said that playing the Day-Night Test at the Eden Gardens could be a completely different experience as compared to normal Test matches.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said it was after a long while that the first four days of a Test match had been sold out.
R Ashwin hoped that the Pink Ball Test will mark the beginning of a new era in Test cricket and it can help in the rejuvenation of the longest format of the game.
The Indian team has arrived in Kolkata for the second Test against Bangladesh, which will be the first time ever that they will be playing a day-night Test match.
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.
Ganguly was seen posing with the match ticket and the mascots at the Eden Gardens, making it a big hit among kids ahead of the historic Test against Bangladesh.
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.
The Army will also play out the National Anthems of both the countries before the start of play.The Army will also play out the National Anthems of both the countries before the start of play.
The Indian team did not train under the lights and the throwdowns with the SG pink ball was part of the traditional red-ball practice session.
It was earlier last weekend that SG delivered their first batch of pink balls to the BCCI for a practice session at the NCA
Ganguly met Kohli on October 24, a day after he was formally announced as the president of BCCI, and the first thing he said was the need to play pink ball Tests.
Saha said that he relishes challenges and this will definitely be one tough test as the Indian boys play their first pink-ball Test.
A total of 10 Indian players from the current squad have already played with the pink ball in a day-night first-class game.
Australia lead Sri Lanka by 162 runs at the end of day two's play in the day-night Test in Brisbane.
Sanjay Manjrekar said players are choosing T20 leagues over Test cricket because of the money involved in the shortest formal.
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai firmly backed the Indian cricket team's decision of not playing Day-Night pink ball Test against Australia during the upcoming tour Down Under at the end of the year.
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