The first-ever Day-Night Test in Indian Cricket history is going to take place in Kolkata at Eden Gardens as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) gave a nod to BCCI‘s proposal of playing the second of the two-match Test series under the lights on Tuesday. However, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accepted the invitation of the 2nd Test at Eden Gardens.

The invite was sent to PM of India and Bangladesh by Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). However, according to CAB sources, Narendra Modi will not be able to attend the Test match. The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has also been invited for the Test match. Sheikh Hasina said that Sourav Ganguly called her after becoming BCCI chief and also requested her to attend the Test match, and she also accepted the invitation.

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“Sourav has invited me. [He] Called me as he became the board president… a Bengali and was once a famous cricketer, so I told him I will go to Kolkata to watch the match,” Bangladesh PM said in Dhaka.

“The Prime Minister will take a 7 a.m. flight to Kolkata, inaugurate the match and return to Dhaka on the same evening. She likes Sourav a lot and as the invite came from him, the Prime Minister decided to inaugurate the match,” Ihsanul Karim, the press secretary told The Hindu.

Earlier, Sourav Ganguly had talked about the Day-Night Test and also discussed the proposal with India captain Virat Kohli and as soon as Kohli agreed to that, BCCI president sent the proposal to BCB. However, Bangladesh are all set to take on India in three-match T20I series and two tests as well, starting from November 3.