Kolkata turns pink as countdown for first day-night Test begins

Architect of India’s first-ever day-night Test, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said five-day cricket needed rejuvenation to revive interest in the game’s traditional format.

India’s last series against South Africa witnessed a poor turnout but the tickets for the first three days of the pink-ball Test, beginning in Kolkata on Friday, have already been sold out.

“That’s the way forward. Test cricket needed a rejuvenation,” said Ganguly, who took the onus to organise the inaugural day-night Test in the country after becoming the Board president last month.