KOLKATA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will ring the customary Eden Bell before the opening day’s play of India’s first-ever Day-Night Test on November 22.
This was announced by Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) secretary Avishek Dalmiya on Friday.
The CAB will also give a special pink shawl to the Bangladesh Prime Minister. A pink ball-shaped memento with pink stones on it will also be handed over to Virat Kohli and Mominul Haque, the two captains, Telegraph India reports.
A galaxy of Indian sports stars, including cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, India’s only individual Olympic Gold medal winner Abhinav Bindra, tennis star Sania Mirza, world badminton champion PV Sindhu and six-time boxing world champion MC Mary Kom are some notable names among those who will be felicitated.
The players who competed in the first-ever India-Bangladesh Test in November 2000, a match in which Sourav made his debut as Test captain, will also be felicitated.
In order to meet the increasing demand, the CAB has decided to release more tickets for online sales, the daily further reported.
More then 17,000 tickets have already been sold online.
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