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[caption id="attachment_16559" align="alignnone" width="580"] Mohun Bagan and Bhowanipore cricketers line up before the start of the first pink ball match in India. Image Source: Xtra Time[/caption] Kolkata: Pink Ball made its debut in Indian cricket at the iconic Eden Gardens on Saturday with the CAB Super League final between Mohun Bagan and Bhowanipore. Put into bat Mohun Bagan scored 286 all out in 87.5 overs against Bhowanipore. Anustup Majumder was the top scorer with 83 runs runs while Ravi Kant Singh took 4 wickets for Bhawanipore. Bhawanipore made early in-roads getting rid of in-form Joyjit Basu caught by Santosh Sabanayakan off the bowling of Geet Puri. Basu, who scored a brilliant double century against East Bengal in the last match, managed just 1 run. Soon to follow was Arindam Ghosh who also gave a knick to Santosh off Puri for 8 runs. Mohun Bagan was in a spot at 52/4 with captain Subhomoy Das and Vivek Singh departing in quick succession. Das was adjudged leg before while Vivek was bowled by Ravi Kant Singh. [caption id="attachment_16564" align="alignnone" width="580"] Wriddhiman Saha became the first Indian cricketer to bat against the pink ball. Image Source: Xtra Time[/caption] Mohun Bagan showed signs of a recovery with an 81 runs partnership between India stumper Wriddhiman Saha and Anustup Majumder. Saha was dismissed for 33 runs after he was caught by Uddipan Mukherjee off the bowling of Writtick Chatterjee. Debabrata Das too did not last long as he was caught plumbed in front of the wicket of Sujit Kumar Yadav for 12 runs. But another useful partnership of 55 runs between Anustup and Sanjib Sanyal guided Mohun Bagan to 240 runs, before Majumder ran himself out falling just 17 runs short of a milestone of scoring the first hundred in a pink ball match in the country. Indian pacer Shami played a cameo of 36 runs and added another 55 runs for the seventh wicket with Sanyal. Shami was caught by Yadav off Ravi Kant Singh.  Mohun Bagan eventually ended the innings at 286 runs with Sanyal remaining not out for 60 runs. Top scorer Anustup Majumder later said, "The ball was coming nicely on to the bat. Visibility was not a problem at all, it's a bit glossy, the ball is skidding and seaming a bit," The former India A cricketer added, "The ball is just the same, only difference is the colour. Initially it was a bit difficult but once you're set shot making became easy," Majumdar said about his primary assessment. The bowlers' perspective was provided by left-arm medium pacer Geet Puri (2/19), who got the first wicket of the day with a ball that shaped away after pitching from Bagan opener Jayojeet Basu. "There was a lot of swing. The ball felt much lighter, even as it's same as the regular 156 grams. I really enjoyed bowling with the pink kookaburra. It had much better control. Pacers got a lot of help but spinners did not get much assistance," Puri said. However Bhowanipore's spinners including skipper Writtick Chatterjee got a wicket, there was hardly any turn even after the ball was 60 overs old. [caption id="attachment_16560" align="alignnone" width="580"] Former India opener Arun Lal with CAB president Sourav Ganguly at Eden Gardens. Image Source: Xtra Time[/caption] CAB president Sourav Ganguly ensured that it drew attention from not only International media but saw a sizeable crowd close to four thousand, that easily surpassed a Ranji Trophy attendance on any given day. Also the highlight of the match was former India opener Arun Lal, who has just recovered after battling cancer was at the Eden Gardens to do commentary. At the end of the day, everyone was happy; the umpires hailed the ball that retained its texture even at the dinner interval, batsmen scored runs, there was something for both seamers and spinners, while the crowd enjoyed the the limelight with the match shown live. Wriddhiman Saha (33, 4x4) became the first Indian Test player to face the pink ball under lights in the country was involved in a controversy as he along with Shami violated the CAB rules by spotting a logo of Bengal Ranji team in their helmet. Commenting on the pink ball, Wriddhiman said, “The polish remained the same till 60 overs or so. Hardness also remained the same like a new ball. That was the reason I was playing on front foot initially trying to counter the seam and swing.” On being asked to comment on using CAB logo on the helmet, the Indian stumper said, “I have been using this helmet in club cricket and no one one complained about it.”