BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday (November 19) confirmed that the first four days of the historic India versus Bangladesh Day-Night Test in Kolkata starting November 22 have been sold out.
The obvious sense of excitement for India's first pink-ball Test under lights seems to have reflected in the online sale of tickets.
"It's sold out and I'm extremely happy (about it)," Ganguly quoted as saying by PTI.
Asked for how many days it was sold out, the former India skipper informed four.
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Amid the buzz surrounding around India’s maiden Day-Night Test, the City of Joy turned pink on Sunday (November 17). Earlier, Ganguly had unveiled 'Pinku-Tinku', the official mascots for the event.
The historic match will kickstart with Army paratroopers flying into the Eden Gardens to hand over a pink ball each to the two captains just before the toss.
Subsequently, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will ring the traditional Eden Bell to start the proceedings.
At the 20-minute tea break, former captains and other sporting personalities will be taken out on carts making a round of the ground along the boundary lines.
During the 40-minute supper break, CAB has organised a talk show featuring Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and VVS Laxman, who will relive the epic 2001 Test win over Australia at the same venue.
Report also claims that the CAB will felicitate a galaxy of Indian sports stars including batting legend Tendulkar, Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra, tennis star Sania Mirza, world badminton champion PV Sindhu and six-time boxing world champion MC Mary Kom among others.
The CAB will also felicitate the members of first ever Bangladesh-India Test in 2000, a game where Sourav Ganguly, the BCCI president, made his debut as captain in red-ball cricket.
(Inputs from PTI)
