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Ahead of India's first-ever day-night Test match, Anti Rowdy Squad (ARS) and Detective Department (DD) on Wednesday maintained a watch around the Eden Gardens and conducted a drive against black marketing of tickets. (Photo:ANI)

Drive against black marketing of tickets ahead of India's first-ever day-night Test

As many as six people were arrested during the drive and 38 tickets were seized from their possession.

21 Nov 2019 11:53 AM

Former India batsman Rahul Dravid has said that the facilities available for the fans inside the stadium are a factor, which needs to be looked into to understand why Test cricket fails to attract crowds. (Photo: AFP)

Many factors must be looked into to know why Test cricket is unpopular: Rahul Dravid

According to Dravid, providing spectators with basic things like toilets, seating, and car parking can play make Test cricket popular.

21 Nov 2019 11:35 AM

Indian wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha is all geared up for the 'historic' day-night Test match. (Photo:TWitter)

Wriddhiman Saha ready for India's 'historic' day-night Test match

India will play a day-night Test match against Bangladesh at Eden Gardens, starting from November 22.

21 Nov 2019 11:18 AM

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday called India's first-ever day-night Test match a 'big occasion'. (Photo:AP)

Sourav Ganguly calls India's first-ever day-night Test a 'big occasion'

India will play a day-night Test match against Bangladesh at Eden Gardens, starting from November 22.

21 Nov 2019 10:55 AM

Bangladesh's spin bowling consultant Daniel Vettori is done dwelling on the 'negatives' and wants his team to feel excited about competing in its maiden Day/Night Test even though it happens to be against a incomparably formidable-at-home India. (Photo:AFP)

Excited to play rather than think about negatives: Daniel Vettori on Day/Night Test

India and Bangladesh will square off in their maiden Day/Night Test starting here on Friday.

21 Nov 2019 9:51 AM

India's only Elite Panel umpire in recent times S Ravi had to forcibly change his 'sleeping pattern' in order to adjust his body clock to the needs of the first-ever Day/Night Test between Australia and New Zealand back in 2015. (Photo:Twitter)

Remembering first Pink Test: Umpire Ravi's mantra was 'Late to bed and Late to Rise'

Umpiring in the first-ever pink ball match at Adelaide four years ago was not easy and Ravi prepared well in advance.

21 Nov 2019 9:45 AM

India's finest cricketers including Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev will assemble during the country's first-ever day-night Test against Bangladesh, starting here on Friday. (Photo:Twitter)

Finest cricketers to grace India's maiden pink ball Test

The iconic Eden Gardens is all set to witness a musical extravaganza in the presence of former cricketers, celebrities and politicians.

21 Nov 2019 9:26 AM

A handful of Indian players, including Bengal's Mohammed Shami and Wriddhiman Saha, have pink ball experience in domestic cricket. (Photo: BCCI)

'Mohammed Shami can be deadly on any surface, with any ball', says Wriddhiman Saha

Shami had a match haul of seven wickets among the Indian pace attack's collective haul of 14 scalps in the home team's innings.

20 Nov 2019 5:23 PM

Ravichandran Ashwin feels Day/Night Tests will mark a new beginning for the traditional format in the country as the spectator count will improve drastically owing to the match timings. (Photo: AFP)

'Hope that Day-Night Test marks new beginning for Test cricket' says Ravichandran Ashwin

India will play their maiden Day/Night Test starting Friday, against Bangladesh in Kolkata.

20 Nov 2019 5:01 PM

As India gear up for their first-ever Day-Night encounter against Bangladesh at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Rohit Sharma will be looking stamp his dominance by turning on his hit-mode. The ‘hitman’ will aim to smash a ton with few sixes, after having dismissed for six in the first Test match. (Photo:AP)

Rohit Sharma two hits away from breaking this humongous record

The 32-year-old, however, need to hit two sixes to be the third batsman to hit 400 sixes in International cricket.

20 Nov 2019 4:41 PM

Virat Kohli and Co. will be looking to strike Bangladesh in this historic Test and wrap up the two-match Test series with a win. (Photo: AFP)

Eden Gardens' chief curator has a piece of advice for Indian captain Virat Kohli

The Eden pitch also is greener than usual, which would benefit the seamers more than they would to the batsmen.

20 Nov 2019 4:09 PM

Skipper Virat Kohli, who during the first Test, registered a feat by becoming the Indian captain with most number of innings win, will be looking to stamp his dominance and score a ton to be the first Indian to achieve 5000 runs as captain. (Photo:PTI)

Virat Kohli 32 runs away from achieving this massive record

Kohli will be the sixth cricketer to achieve this milestone after Graeme Smith, Allan Border, Ricky Ponting, Clive Llyod and Steve Fleming.

20 Nov 2019 3:48 PM

India tried out Australian-made Kookaburra pink balls in the domestic Duleep Trophy but will use the SG variety for what will also be Bangladesh’s maiden day-night test. (Photo: AFP)

India vs Bangladesh's pink ball supplier's nervous wait almost over

Equipment manufacturer Sanspareils Greenlands, commonly known as SG, has supplied the country’s top cricketers for generations.

20 Nov 2019 1:35 PM

Sourav Ganguly said it took him 'three seconds' to convince India captain Virat Kohli to meet Bangladesh in what will be the maiden day-night test for both sides. (Photo: AFP)

At long last, India ready to take day-night test plunge

India have been immune to the charms of day-night tests and turned down an offer to play one last year in Adelaide.

20 Nov 2019 1:11 PM

As the first-ever day-night Test in India is inching closer, the venue of the match, Eden Gardens, is being decorated with pink lights. (Photo:ANI)

Eden Gardens decorated with pink lights for India's first ever day-night Test

The entire stadium along with Sourav Ganguly stand and Jagmohan Dalmiya stand is being decorated for the historic match.

20 Nov 2019 10:23 AM

Ahead of India's first-ever day/night Test match against Bangladesh, spinner Harbhajan Singh believes that the new format will not bring many spectators to the ground. (Photo:AFP)

Don't see pink ball attracting spectators to ground: Harbhajan Singh

The 39-year-old told reporters here at a promotional event.

20 Nov 2019 10:12 AM

The Australian Simon Taufel is in India for the promotion of his book "Finding The Gaps" as he's expected to attend the historic Test. (Photo: File)

Simon Taufel: 'Umpires should attend training sessions to get used to pink colour'

Taufel said the umpires can use artificial lenses to have a better view.

19 Nov 2019 8:34 PM

India has a wrist spinner in Kuldeep Yadav but Harbhajan Singh didn't want to talk on selection matters. (Photo: AFP)

'Wrist spinners difficult to read rather than finger spinners', says Harbhajan Singh

India will be playing its much-awaited first Day/Night Test against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens from Saturday.

19 Nov 2019 4:40 PM

Mohammad Shami intends on keeping things simple for the historic pink-ball Test. (Photo: File)

Mohammed Shami wants to keep things simple against Bangladesh in D/N Test

Shami returned with the figures of 3/27 and 4/31 in the first Test at Indore to achieve his career-best ranking.

19 Nov 2019 2:18 PM

Ahead of the day-night Test against India, Bangladesh spinner Mehidy Hasan has revealed that the side's pacers are preparing for the pink-ball Test by dipping the ball into water to negate the dew factor. (Photo:ANI)

Bangladesh seamers preparing for D/N Test by dipping ball into water: Mehidy Hasan

Miraz said the pink ball tends to move around more than the red ball and the spinners would be able to make it bounce a little more.

19 Nov 2019 11:54 AM

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