First Test played with Pink ball in India
Indian Test cricket entered a new phase with the income of Pink SG ball at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
First let us know the history of Pink ball about where it is made, how many tests have been played with it etc.?
Pink SG ball was made in Mirat, Uttar Pradesh. About 70 balls were sent to BCCI from there. Till now 11 test matches have been played with Pink ball but it is the first match that has been played with Pink SG ball. The others have been played with either Kookabura or Duke ball. Australia is the most successful team who has won 5 Day & Night Test matches and till now is undefeated. The main difference between Red SG ball and Pink SG ball is that the seam of the Red ball is white and lasts for a shorter time but the later one is of black seam and lasts for a longer time.
The match was played between 22 - 26 November, 2019 between India and Bangladesh. Many famous faces like Sekh Hasina ( Prime Minister of Bangladesh), Mamata Banerjee ( Chief Minister of Bengal), Sourav Ganguly ( BCCI President) and Sachin Tendulkar, Dilip Bengsarkar, Harbhajan Singh, Rahul Dravid, VVS Lakshman, Kapil Dev ( Ex Cricketers and Captains of the Indian Team) were present in these awesome moments.
Not much could be said about the match. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first.
They were finished within 106 in 30.3 overs being Shadman Islam (29) the highest scorer and Ishant Sharma ( 5-22) being the best bowler. Then India came to bat. They put a huge total of 347-9 in 89.4 overs. The top scorers were Cheteshwar Pujara (55), Virat Kohli (136) and Ajinkya Rahane (51). From Bangladesh Al Amin Hossain (3-85) and Ebadot Hossain (3-91) fared partially.
In the second innings Bangladesh crumbled down in 195 losing by an innings and 46 runs. Their best player Mushfiqur Rahim tried to put up a fight (74) but couldn't stand against Umesh Yadav (5-53) and Ishant Sharma (4-56)who also bagged the Man of the Match and also the Man of the Series by achieving 9 wkts.
The match depicted that how a one-sided match is played. But with this India got ready and acquired confidence for the upcoming Day & Night Test matches.
With this I am ending. Stay tuned for further updates.
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