India vs Bangladesh D/N Test: Special gold coins unveiled to mark the historic occasion

History is set to made as India gear up to play ir first Day/Night Test match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata from vember 22 to 26. encounter also will be first time a Day/Night Test match is being played in India. To mark occasion, special gold-plated coins were unveiled. 

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Pictures of special coins have surfaced. Placed in brown box, gold coin looked fitting for historic event. In one of coins, ‘India’s 1st pink ball test’ is written. In ar coin, logo of Cricket Association of Bengal and or details of match like India vs Bangladesh, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, 22nd to 26th vember are imprinted.

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Here are pictures: 

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Earlier, Indian Vice-Captain Ajinkya Rahane too had expressed his excitement for first pink ball Test for India. He had shared a snap where he is sleeping with pink ball beside her, and wrote that he was dreaming about it. His Captain Virat Kohli had commented ‘nice pose’ on it, while Shikhar Dhawan had quipped how he had clicked ‘dream’. 

India vs Bangladesh Test will be second and final Test of ongoing series. It is set to be first D/N Test for both India and Bangladesh. match is going to be only twelfth D/N Test to be played in history of cricket. first D/N Test match was played between Australia and New Zealand at Adelaide in vember-December 2015. Since n, teams like Pakistan, West Indies, South Africa, England, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe have also played D/N Tests.   

India go into series with a 1-0 lead. Virat Kohli’s boys beat Mominul Haque’s boys convincingly, inside three days in first Test at Indore. star performer of match was Mayank Agarwal, who scored a double century (243). Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja scored fifties. 

Indian pacers were particularly on fire in match. Mohammad Shami was pick of bowlers, with seven wickets in all. Ravichandran Ashwin picked up 6 wickets, Umesh Yadav bagged 5 wickets and Ishant Sharma got 4 wickets. 

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