As India are all set to play their first-ever day-night Test at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens – all eyes will be on the Pink Ball which will be used in the game and India is going to play for the first time ever on November 22. Everyone gave their views over it while some claimed that it will be difficult to bat with this under the floodlights. Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB)’s chief curator Sujan Mukherjee, also shared his views.

Speaking to the News18, he said, ”For me this Pink ball is perfectly alright for this match. It has met all the criteria required to be used for such a mega Test match. I don’t know about the other experts but to me it’s alright.”

Sujan Mukherjee further said, ”As per BCCI rule we cannot use the main pitch for any trial 15 days ahead of the match. But yes, the ball was tried on the adjacent pitch (near the main pitch) and it behaved perfectly. Everything was alright and I believe that everybody is certainly going to enjoy the match as Eden wicket has always been sporting.”

”The cyclone delayed our job by 10 days. The pitch was full of rain water. It took lot of effort to prepare the pitch in a short time. Now the outfield and the pitch both are ready for the mega show on November 22,” he added.

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Meanwhile, the entire stadium both interior and exterior were decked up with pink lights. There will be a lot of other respected people including Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, several well-known sports personalities like Boxer Mary Kom, shooter Abhinav Bindra alongside the cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Anil Kumble.

Speaking to News18 over telephone Sheikh Hasina’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim, shared, ”Our Prime Minister will not stay in Kolkata. She will be in Kolkata on November 22 and she will return to Dhaka on same day due to her important engagements in Bangladesh.”