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Day-Night Test: The pitch looks good, I am very excited – Sourav Ganguly

By Saurabh Sharma November 20, 2019 • 15:57 PM View: 830

Kolkata, Nov 20: India are set to play their maiden Day-Night Test against Bangladesh at the historic Eden Gardens from Friday and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly is an excited man. The former Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) President has taken it on himself to ensure that everything is in place as the venue gets ready for D-Day.

Moments after inspecting the pitch, Ganguly spoke to the media and his excitement was clearly visible as he spoke about how it was after a long while that the first four days of a Test match had been sold out.

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