Kolkata:
Bangladesh
captain Mominul Haque won the toss and elected to bat against India in their
maiden Day/Night Test here at Eden Gardens on Friday.
The Virat Kohli-led India have not made any change to the
side that won the opening Test in Indore. Bangladesh made two changes to their line-up with Al-Amin Hossain and
Naeem Hasan coming in to replace Taijul Islam, Mehidy Hasan.
The two teams are playing with the pink ball for the first
time and fans have responded enthusiastically. The first four days of the game
are sold out. A silver coin,
brought out specially for the game, was used for toss.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with Bangladesh
Cricket Board (BCB) Chairman Nazmul Hasan and some of India’s biggest cricket
icons such as Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar are in attendance at the
historic match.
“We want people coming back to the game,” said BCCI
President Sourav Ganguly, who made the match possible by convincing the Bangladesh
Cricket Board to agree.
This is just the 12th Day/Night game. Also present at the Eden Gardens on Friday are a host
of Indian sporting stars such as Olympic gold-medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra,
six-time world champion boxer M C Mary Kom, and Grand Slam-winning tennis star
Sania Mirza.
The Teams:
India: Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat
Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Umesh Yadav,
Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma
Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Imrul Kayes, Mominul Haque(c),
Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Liton Das(w), Nayeem Hasan, Abu
Jayed, Al-Amin Hossain, Ebadat Hossain.
((PTI)
