After the success of India's first-ever D/N Test against Bangladesh in Kolkata, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said the pink-ball version wouldn't be limited to Kolkata but spread across other parts of the country in future. 

A packed Eden Gardens crowd on all three days saw Virat Kohli & company rout Bangladesh by an innings and 46 runs to complete a 2-0 series whitewash. 

Credit to the new board regime led by Ganguly for making it possible.

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"I am relaxed, relieved and happy,"  Ganguly told Star Sports. "We wanted to do this for Test cricket. It is so important. People were not turning up for Test cricket."

"We did a lot of things (promotion) during and before this Test. It was sold out all throughout even today though the game was expected to finish early."

"I remember the 2001 Test (India-Australia). There were more than 100,000 people in this stadium and you don't want champions like Kohli, Rohit or Ishant to play in front of empty stands. So, I am extremely happy to see this," he added. 

The overwhelming response from a huge television audience as well means it would make a lot of sense to take the D/N Test to other traditional venues as well. "Hopefully it will spread to other parts of the country and I am convinced it will," Ganguly said. "This will revive Test cricket because it is different for people. Everything changes with time including people's taste."

"I remember when T20 started in 2007 and India won the World Cup, the format was not given a lot of value. 10 years later, not a single seat is empty when a T20 is played. And this was the first pink Test."

"I believe (that it will be a success) because I have played the game. I want these champion players should always play in front of packed stadium," he added. 

"It can't just be in Eden Gardens all the time. It needs to go to other parts of the country. There are very big grounds in India. People throughout the country should experience this."

There are challenges regarding the pink ball but with the evidence of this game, we can certainly overcome them in times to come. 

"The conditions were perfectly fine," Ganguly said. "There was worry about the dew, whether you would be able to bowl in the night. This Eden pitch has grass, it is not the old pitch anymore. If this was day four, day five, spinners would have slowly come into the game."

"The fast bowlers have always got help here. I have not seen anything different with the red ball. When there are good conditions in England or during the winters in India, the ball does a bit. So, the conditions were fine."

"There were few words about the pink ball but it is only going to get better when you keep playing. You have to produce one ball once in 10 years, it is not going to be at its best (initially)," he added. 

"So those things will keep happening but most important thing for me was four days of the Test match, I had 55000 tickets sold."

(Inputs from Star Sports)