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For this grand occasion, the whole of Kolkata decided to go pink for the next five days.
Team India are currently taking on Bangladesh in Kolkata in their first-ever Day-Night Test match on Friday, November 22.
For this grand occasion, the whole of Kolkata decided to go pink for the next five days.
Former Team India skipper and current BCCI president, Sourav Ganguly shared posted numerous photos on his Twitter showcasing the craze among the cricket fans in Bengal for the day-night Test match.
The "Prince of Kolkata" was also surprised to see some famous Bengali sweets in pink as he shared a picture, and wrote, "Sweets go pink in Kolkata."
Sweets go pink in kolkata @BCCI @JayShah @CabCricket pic.twitter.com/dDfJYYRkfk
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) November 21, 2019
Even the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina arrived in Kolkata to attend the first-ever day-night Test between India and Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens on Friday.
Ganguly had earlier tweeted: "The city turns pink on the Pink Test".
Well done felu.. pic.twitter.com/KMC9FiHuIi
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) November 21, 2019
Welcome to pink test ..@JayShah @bcci pic.twitter.com/lk9h9AX7Ox
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) November 21, 2019
Well @bcci and @cab ... look forward to 5 days @JayShah pic.twitter.com/EbZigS3JMk
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) November 21, 2019
Playing 11:
India (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Umesh Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma.
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Shadman Islam, Imrul Kayes, Mominul Haque(c), Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Liton Das(w), Nayeem Hasan, Abu Jayed, Al-Amin Hossain, Ebadat Hossain.