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At a time when students of the Banaras Hindu University in Uttar Pradesh are up in arms over the religious identity of one of its Sanskrit teachers, a college, on the outskirts of Bengal capital, has appointed a Muslim man as an assistant professor to teach the subject. (Representational Image)

Amid BHU protest over religious identity, Bengal college appoints Muslim teacher in Sanskrit dept

Although the BHU authorities backed him, Khan has not been able to take classes.

22 Nov 2019 3:49 PM

Ravi Shastri said he would observe how things work out in this game before giving a definitive view. (Photo: File)

'Plenty of questions to be asked on the pink ball's behaviour': Ravi Shatsri

The game is just 12th Day/Night game since the format was rolled out in 2015 during an Australia-New Zealand series.

22 Nov 2019 1:20 PM

Taking to Twitter, Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly posted some pictures of the spots. (Photo: Twitter/ Sourav Ganguly)

Kolkata turns pink to welcome historic Day-Night Test between India and Bangladesh

The famous tourist points in the city were lit up in the colour to attract more people to the country's first pink-ball Test.

22 Nov 2019 12:23 PM

Security concerns meant the Cricket Association of Bengal cancelled its plan to have Army paratroopers flying into the Eden Gardens to hand over a pink ball each to the captains before the toss of the day-night Test. (Photo: PTI)

Amry troopers won't be handing the pink ball to the captains during the toss

According to sources at CAB, the security clearance did not come a day ahead of the historic match between India and Bangladesh here.

22 Nov 2019 11:59 AM

Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are scheduled to hold a brief one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of the match. (Photo: PTI)

Bangladesh PM arrives in Kolkata for IND vs BAN Day-Night Test

Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly received Hasina at the airport.

22 Nov 2019 11:46 AM

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are likely to hold a brief one on one meeting on the sidelines of the India-Bangladesh cricket test match on Friday. (Photo: File)

Mamata Banerjee, Sheikh Hasina to hold meeting on sidelines of India-B’desh cricket match

According to sources in the Bangladesh PM's office, both the leaders will be present during the match and the felicitation ceremony.

22 Nov 2019 11:02 AM

Chief Selector MSK Prasad was joined by India skipper Virat Kohli, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly and others to pick the team. (Photo: Twitter/ BCCI)

All India Senior Selection Committee meets to pick squads for series against West Indies

The All India Senior Selection Committee met on Thursday to pick the squads for the forthcoming series against West Indies.

21 Nov 2019 7:06 PM

Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque on Thursday rued that his team didn't get a practice game to prepare before taking on India in their first-ever Day/Night Test. (Photo: AFP)

A practice match with pink ball would have been helpful, rues Mominul Haque

New BCCI president convinced BCB to play a pink ball Test, leaving no provision for a warm-up game.

21 Nov 2019 5:44 PM

To mark the historic occasion of the first-ever day-night Test match between India and Bangladesh, the Tata Centre turned pink to pay tribute to the longest format of the game on Wednesday evening. (Photo:Twitter)

Tata Centre turns pink to pay tribute to day-night Test

This is being done as the Test match will be played with a pink ball unlike the red ball used traditionally.

21 Nov 2019 4:17 PM

Asked if he would be ready to play a Day/Night Test in Australia during next year's big tour, Virat Kohli gave a positive reply with a rider. (Photo: AFP)

Virat Kohli says that India will play D/N Test in Australia but there is a condition

India is finally playing a Day/Night Test with the pink ball against Bangladesh starting on Friday.

21 Nov 2019 2:16 PM

Daniel Vettori did not leave spinners out of the talk and said that they will also play a major role in the game. (Photo: AP)

'The challenge is to play under lights with pink ball', says Daniel Vettori ahead of day/night Test

Bangladesh have four-seamers in their current line-up and they will play a crucial role for the team in the second Test.

21 Nov 2019 1:19 PM

Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday inspected the Eden Gardens pitch, the venue where Men in Blue will play their first-ever day-night Test match. (Photo: Twitter/ BCCI)

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly inspects Eden Gardens pitch before India vs Bangladesh encounter

The hosts have already won the first Test match against Bangladesh, gaining a 1-0 lead in a two-match Test series.

21 Nov 2019 1:09 PM

Virat Kohli said that it would be nice to see a Test match being played with around 80,000 spectators watching it. (Photo: PTI)

'Do not want Day/Night Test to become the only way to play Test matches': Virat Kohli

Kohli also compared the buzz for the day-night Test to the T20 World Cup match against Pakistan in 2016.

21 Nov 2019 12:57 PM

Sourav Ganguly convinced the Bangladesh Cricket Board to agree to a Day/Night Test just a few days before their team was to land in India. (Photo: PTI)

India favourites to win their first Day/Night test encounter against Bangladesh

It took India a new BCCI regime under maverick former captain Sourav Ganguly to take the pink ball plunge.

21 Nov 2019 12:44 PM

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

Wriddhiman Saha lauded India's bowling attack and said the colour of the ball (pink) would not affect the performance of the seamers. (Photo: AFP)

Wriddhiman Saha says that the color of ball won't matter to Indian seamers

Saha is among the few players to have played with the pink ball in domestic competition.

20 Nov 2019 8:52 PM

Pullela Gopichand said that PV Sindhu would bounce back strongly. (Photo: AP)

'PV Sindhu's recent lean run down to hectic scheduling': Pullela Gopichand

Sindhu has fallen in the early stages at all tournaments except the French Open since winning her maiden World Championship title in August.

20 Nov 2019 7:17 PM

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

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