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IND vs BAN: Sourav Ganguly reveals pitch conditions for India's historic day-night Test in Kolkata against Bangladesh

The pink balls are known for being pace friendly and Ganguly also spoke how the SG pink ball and kookaburra are different from each other with a prominent seam, hinting that spinners may play a key role during the 2nd Test match.

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Team India are set to take on Bangladesh in a historic Day-Night Test match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata and the newly elected Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly gave a preview of the quality of the pitch for the Test on November 22, 2019.

Ganguly on Wednesday claimed that India's first-ever Day-Night Test match in Kolkata will have a “good wicket”.

According to PTI reports, the former Team India skipper said, “It will be a good wicket. It all depends on how the curator prepares the wicket.”

The pink balls are known for being pace friendly and Ganguly also spoke how the SG pink ball and kookaburra are different from each other with a prominent seam, hinting that spinners may play a key role during the 2nd Test match.

All the Indian players practised with the pink ball on Tuesday (November 12) to prepare themselves for their Test match under the lights.

After the intense net session, Virat addressed the press conference and said extra concentration will be needed to combat the pink ball threat after playing with the red more often.

"Well I hadn't played with the pink ball before. So I was given an experience to try it and I wanted to, that was my mindset behind playing with the pink ball. I think everyone else did it as well," Kohli told reporters.

"You need extra concentration to pick the pink ball suddenly when you are playing with the red ball, so it was to work on the reflexes as well. When you play with the red ball at net and then you arrive at the pink ball it is very difficult to pick it up, so to get into the zone was the reason behind it," he added.

The Indian captain was also of the opinion that pink ball will swing more than the red cherry and if the Eden Gardens strip favours the bowlers then the pacers will be in the game.

"The pink ball I have played yesterday, I think it swings a lot more compare to the red ball because there's extra lacquer on the ball and doesn't go away too fast and the seam holds upright quite a bit," Kohli said.

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