Kolkata: Tennis ace Sania Mirza and grandmaster Viswanathan Anand has been added to the invitation list by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) , to be present on the first day of the Day Night test match between India and Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens from November 22. Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar will also most likely be present on the momentous occasion.
Promising to make the first-ever Day-Night Test a “fantastic event”, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Thursday said he is “trying” to bring Sachin Tendulkar for the historic game as part of the Indian team that played Bangladesh for the first time in 2000.
“We will make it a fantastic event. Work is on. In 3-4 days time I will be able to give you a complete list of what is happening,” Ganguly told reporters at Eden Gardens here.
Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has gala plans to make the occasion special. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has already confirmed her attendance. An invitation to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also been sent but CAB is yet to receive any confirmation from PMO.
“PMO has been requested and invite has been sent,” said Sourav.
The CAB also has plans of felicitating the players of both India and Bangladesh teams who were part of the first Test between the two nations in November 2000.
Olympic medalists Abhinav Bindra, MC Mary Kom, shuttlers PV Sindhu and Gopichand has also been invited to grace the occasion.