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India vs Bangladesh: Pink ball Test opens to full house
From engaging cricket and a reunion of cricketing legends, to a city turning pink for India's maiden day/night Test, here's a brief look at day one in pictures.
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"It's going to be huge!" | Dada promised, Dada delivered. India's first day/night game opened to much fanfare at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. ▲ Reunion | Former India cricketers and team-mates VVS Laxman, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar got together to relive their favourite memories at Eden Garden.
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K.R.Deepak
▲ West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina rang the bell at the Eden Gardens to get the historic pink ball Test. ▲ A drive along memory lane | Sachin Tendulkar was part of an entourage of former cricketers who took a drive around the stadium as an ode to their contributions to Indian cricket. ▲ Mithali Raj and Shantha Rangaswamy were part of an entourage of current and former cricketers who took a drive around the stadium as an ode to their contributions to Indian cricket. ▲ NCA director Rahul Dravid also took a drive around the stadium as an ode to their contributions to Indian cricket. ▲ Former Bangladeshi cricketers were also present at the event and were greeted and felicitated by Sheikh Hasina. ▲ He isn't called Prince of Kolkata for nothing. Whether Dada has world domination on his mind or not, his people definitely do.
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K.R.Deepak
▲ Frenemies | The Bengal tiger could only purr tamely before the Indian attack today, but the fans were unfazed, seen enjoying the game and supporting their times together. ▲ How do you have a pink ball Test and not think of Sydney's iconic Pink Test? There was a nod to cancer survivors, a cause made famous by the McGrath foundation, at Kolkata too. 20 cancer survivors were felicitated by the cricketers present here as part of an initiative organised by Global Cancer Trust. ▲ Sania Mirza and Virat Kohli ahead of the pink ball Test. We wonder what the joke was... ▲ A cultural programme ended proceedings on Day 1 in Kolkata. ▲