BANGLADESH TOUR OF INDIA, 2019

India propose Day-Night Test at Eden Gardens; Bangladesh yet to confirm

by Atif Azam • Last updated on

Will Eden Gardens become the venue of India's first-ever D/N Test? © Getty

A Bangladesh Cricket Board official said on Sunday (October 27) that they are yet to decide on whether to take part in a day-night Test match at Eden Gardens during the upcoming tour of India, and will make a decision in this regard soon. In an surprising move, BCCI is said to have made a proposal for the second Test of the upcoming two-Test series to be a pink-ball affair, BCB's cricket operations chairman Akram Khan confirmed.

"They [BCCI] have proposed [Day-Night Test] us and we will let them know after thinking a while," BCB cricket operation chairman Akram Khan told reporters on Sunday. We have received the letter two or three days and we will take a decision in this regard but we have not discussed about it. We will let them know about our decision within one or two days," Akram Khan said.

BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said they cannot guarantee anything as yet because the decision depends on the players and team management.

"At first we have to take the consent of the players and members of the team managements about it. It is totally a technical matter [playing day-night Test from skill perspective] and we have to consider that there is preparation required to play a Test with a pink ball," Chouwdhury said.

Interestingly, this proposal from India comes right after the newly-appointed BCCI president Sourav Ganguly spoke of his liking for it and revealed that Virat Kohli was 'agreeable to it'. This move comes as a u-turn as, only in 2018, India had rejected the chance to play a pink ball Test in Adelaide in December that year, stating that they needed to have practiced for a long period before adjusting to the different conditions.

Coincidentally, Bangladesh too have held that opinion, turning down New Zealand's similar such proposal due to lack of match preparation.

Bangladesh begin their India tour with the three T20Is, starting on November 3, before heading to Indore to kick off their World Test Championship campaign from November 14. The second game in Eden Gardens, now likely to become the venue of India's first D/N Test should Bangladesh accept the offer, begins from November 22.

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