The euphoria for the maiden day-night Test of Team India is drying out with online tickets released till now for the first three days sold out in two days, a Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) statement said on Wednesday.
Talking about the same, CAB secretary, Avishek Dalmiya said, “30% of the online saleable tickets for the first three days (5,905 tickets) have been sold out while over 3,500 tickets for the fourth day of the second test between India and Bangladesh to be played at Eden Gardens from 22-26 November are sold. With the help of Global Cancer Trust around 20 Breast cancer, survivors will be present on the first day of the match and will be greeted by CAB. Cancer Patients will have the chance to play at the Eden Gardens on the third day.”
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CAB has huge plans to make the occasion even more special with a clutch of stars from other sports set to grace the Test along with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who has given her consent to come on Day 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also been invited along with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Chess legend Viswanathan Anand and tennis star Sania Mirza will also be present along with World badminton champion PV Sindhu, six-time World champion boxer Mary Kom and India’s only Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, whom the CAB plans to felicitate. Tennis great Leander Paes and badminton national coach Pullela Gopichand have also been invited.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said he is also planning to bring Sachin Tendulkar as part of Team India which took on Bangladesh for the first time in 2000. Bangladesh players from that team will also be there. All former Test captains of Team India are to be invited for the first two days of the Test match and will be asked to share their favorite moments from India’s Test history.
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The CAB are also planning a charity match for HIV-positive children during the 40-minute supper break on Day 1 of the pink-ball Test. The first day could see a helicopter revolving around the Eden Gardens from which a skydiver will come flying on to the ground with the trophy in his hand.
Pink colors might also be showered from the sky. The tickets for the match will also have a pink tinge for India’s first-ever day-night Test.
