Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to attend India’s first-ever day-night Test along with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on November 22. An hour-long program has also been planned in the evening in which sportspersons like Abhinav Bindra, Mary Kom will be felicitated.

Describing the same, CAB secretary, Avishek Dailmiya said, “Felicitation of other sportsmen like Abhinav Bindra, Mary Kom will also be done in the evening. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina will also be there. There also might be a speech by Sachin as well. We have invited MS Dhoni, there are talks about him doing commentary, but these are the talks that the broadcasters might be able to answer.”

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Talking about the plans for the entire day, the secretary revealed that para-troopers would come down with the pink ball before the start of the match.

Dalmiya further added, “In the initial part, para-troopers would be there and they would actually come down with the pink ball, this is what we have planned initially. After that, the ringing of the stadium bell and playing national anthem would be done. During the lunch break, we are planning a chat-show with cricketers involving Sourav Ganguly, Sachin, Dravid, Laxman, and Kumble.”

On October 29, it was announced that India and Bangladesh would play their first-ever day/night Test match at Eden Gardens from November 22-26.

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When BCCI president Sourav Ganguly was asked how long did it take to convince skipper Virat Kohli to play the day/night Test, he replied: “”I had met Virat on October 25th for an hour and my first question was, we need to have day-night Test cricket and the answer in three seconds was let’s go ahead and do it. I found him absolutely acceptable to play day-night Test matches”.