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Eden Gardens (Photo Credits - K.R. Deepak)

Right in the first Test series after taking the BCCI president role, Sourav Ganguly made the distant dream of Pink Ball Test come true. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has accepted for the Day/Night Test match while the Indian National Cricket Team led by Virat Kohli also gave the green signal to the match. Meanwhile, the pitch curator Sujan Mukherjee speaks on the Dew issue for the Test match.

Generally, in the day/night matches, especially in India, dew makes a massive impact on the game. Despite that, the curator of CAB, Sujan Mukherjee is confident that dew won’t make any bearing on the game. The experienced campaigner also said that the wicket will be a sporting one like it has been for the past few years.

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Cricket Association of Bengal secretary Avishek Dalmiya said they will seek BCCI clearance for a 1 pm or 1.30 pm start keeping the dew factor in mind. The board is likely to consult the broadcasters before a final decision on the timings.

We have arrangements to tackle the Dew – Sujan Mukherjee

The pitch at the historic ground is expected to assist fast bowlers going by the CAB Super League final in 2016 between Mohun Bagan and Bhowanipore Club. It was played under lights and with the pink ball. During that match, Mohammed Shami bagged five wickets to his name.

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India celebrate the victory. Credit: BCCI

“Since it’s an early start, the day will get over by 8-8.30 p.m. The dew factor comes into play mostly after that as we have seen in white-ball game this time of the year at Eden. Therefore, I don’t think dew will be a problem,” Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) curator Sujan told IANS on Wednesday. We also have arrangements to tackle dew issues like treatment sprays and all that,” he said.

In 2017, the Duleep Trophy matches were played under lights and pink balls were used. While it was played in August-September, Curator Daljit and his men had kept a grass cover of 6mm and that was enough to dish out good wickets. Mostly, they might use different measures this time.

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