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Saturday, Jun 14, 2025
The eastern Indian city is firmly in the grip of a pink fever and tickets for the first four days have already sold out.
Earlier, captain Virat Kohli scored the first century in a day/night test as India declared their first innings at 347/9 for a lead of 241 runs, after bowling out Bangladesh for 106 on the opening day.
The iconic Eden Gardens is all set to witness a musical extravaganza in the presence of former cricketers, sports stars, celebrities and politicians during India and Bangladesh's first-ever pink ball Test.
According to sources at CAB, the security clearance did not come a day ahead of the historic match between India and Bangladesh.
The city had turned pink for the India-Bangladesh encounter as the crowd responded to the brainchild of its favourite son Sourav Ganguly, who arranged a first-of-its-kind match in less than a month's time.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rang the Eden Gardens Bell ahead of the toss here on Friday.
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