Sourav Ganguly Wants Day-Night Test at Eden Gardens
Sourav Ganguly, the President of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), has said they are awaiting a clearance from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to host a day-night Test at Eden Gardens.
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Sourav Ganguly wants day-night Test at Eden Gardens.
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New Zealand could play a Day-Night Test against India later this year.
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New Zealand and Australia played the first-ever Day-Night Test.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday said Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) will have to get a clearance from the BCCI to host a day-night club cricket match to test the state board's preparedness for the proposed first pink-ball Test in the country.
"Yes, we want to host to a pink-ball Test in the future. We will have to be ready for the requirements. As you know, we will try to host a local four-day match with the pink ball under the floodlights as a test. But we will have to get the clearance from the Board first," Ganguly said on the sidelines of a promotional programme.
The CAB is contemplating to experiment with pink ball day-night match in their upcoming Super League final next month.
Speaking about the ongoing Indian Premier League, Ganguly said Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Rising Pune Supergiants are suffering because of injury woes.
"Dhoni has got quite a few injury issues in his team and that has hampered their chances," he said.
Asked about Virat Kohli-led star studded Royal Challengers Bangalore, he said: "He (Kohli) has got into too many winning positions and lost. RCB should have won 50 per cent of the matches that they have lost. But you have got to give credit to the way Gujarat Lions and Delhi Daredevils have played. That is how T20 cricket is."
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir is in sparkling form in the IPL and when asked whether he should be preferred ahead of Shikhar Dhawan in Indian team, a diplomatic Ganguly said: "I will leave that to the selectors."
BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur, who is also a Lok Sabha MP, has recently introduced three private member bills including a significant 'National Sports Ethics Commission' bill which recommends "10 years of jail term" for any sportsperson indulging in match-fixing.
"Fixing is of course a serious offence. But what should be the punishment, that has to be decided by the court, the BCCI. I don't think it will be right for me to comment on that," Ganguly said.
Ganguly also welcomed the decision to name Sachin Tendulkar as the goodwill ambassador for Indian contingent in the Rio Olympics.
"It's not fair to give an opinion on everything. I wish the Indian contingent good luck and I wish all of them get successful."