somnath chakraborty
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India-Bangladesh match was successful due to many factors.so dada was right pink ball is future of cricket to atract crowd. othrwise match like pak vs aus in crunch situation of match at day 4 pull only 5k crowd is utter dead match.
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bro i say this because in 2016 pakistan and Australia was also played a D/N test in gabba brisbane and that time around approx 17k prople comes in 30k capacity gabba game.India-Bangladesh match was successful due to many factors.
1. It was conducted like a 'Festival' than a cricket match and Ganguly lead from the front.
2. As it was the first, Kolkata took it as a prestige topic. In addition, Eden was the safest bet to hold the pink ball test.
3. Bangladesh is geographically and culturally close to West Bengal and some 5K people came to watch the match.
4. Lot of promotional events and celebrity events were held to attract crowd.
5. A general curiosity and Wow factor was there.
Going forward, test cricket should add lot of entertainment value to attract crowd.
Just a regular day-night gane in Ranchi or Nagpur may not become successful, just because of pink ball.