Mominul not fazed by pink ball hype
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh skipper Mominul Haque said on Thursday that they are not too concerned about all the hype about the pink ball Test. Bangladesh will lock horns with India in the historic pink-ball Test match at Eden from November 22.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly made everything possible to make the occasion a memorable one, taking various steps.
The passion was palpable as the tickets for the first three days have already been sold out. Kolkata, the ‘City of Joy’ has gone for pink to mark the occasion a memorable one.
The historic Test will kick off at 1:30pm Bangladesh Standard Time tomorrow and the Indian Army paratroopers will fly into the Eden Gardens to hand over a pink ball each to the two captains just before the toss.
This will be followed by the ringing of the customary Eden Bell by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
The CAB will also felicitate the team members of Bangladesh-India first-ever Test in 2000, a game where Ganguly made his debut as Test captain. India legendary players like Sachin Tendulkar and others will also be facilitated.
In the match pre-match press conference, Mominul said that they are not too concerned with all the hypes around the pink-ball Test.
‘’I don’t think these things [hype] will have any impact,’’ said Mominul.
‘’Being a professional cricketer we should not think about these things. You will do your work while I will do mine and everyone need to do his respective job efficiently,’’ he said
‘’In a professional cricketers mindset these [hype] cannot creep in,’’ he said.
‘’At the end of the day, we have to play cricket. There is excitement that how we will play with pink and all that and we are excited only about the game,’’ he said.
‘’Everyone appears to be looking forward to the day-night Test match. The atmosphere at Kolkata is just amazing. Fans are cheering their teams and everyone seems really excited about the match. All the players also are eagerly waiting for the match. I think it will be an exciting affair,’’ he said
