KOLKATA:
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
and
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will ring the customary
Eden Bell
to start India's first ever
Day-Night Test
from November 22-26.
Both will be seen at the bell ringing ceremony to start off the first day's proceedings,
Cricket Association of Bengal
secretary
Avishek Dalmiya
told reporters here at
Eden Gardens
.
India and Bangladesh will be playing their first ever pink ball Test at the Eden and Hasina will be among a starry gathering which will also include West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar.
The CAB will also felicitate a galaxy of Indian sports stars including cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra, tennis star Sania Mirza, world badminton champion PV Sindhu and six-time boxing world champion MC Mary Kom among others.
Specially designed mementos will be given to the dignitaries while they will also make round of the stadium aboard golf carts, Avishek said.
The CAB will also felicitate the team members of Bangladesh-India first ever Test in 2000, a game where Sourav Ganguly, the BCCI president, made his debut as Test captain.