IND vs BAN | I just hope Test cricket gets its credit, says Ravi Ashwin

With the daily proceedings in the match set to start at 1 PM and wind up by 8 PM, the spectator count is expected to improve drastically. 

"I just hope this marks the beginning of where we get huge crowds coming into the stadium and Test cricket gets its credit and obviously with the change in timings people can afford to finish their work and come into the game, watch it and enjoy it," Ashwin told PTI.

Another thing that will change, according to Ashwin, is the shift in emphasis onto the second session — as opposed to the traditional ideology that the morning session is the most important one.

"The middle session should be the main focus for batsman while using the pink ball unlike the morning session that is usually considered the most important in a test match as it will have more of a swing in Eden Gardens," he added.

Meanwhile, India’s man-on-fire Mohammad Shami reckons that the fast bowlers will have their work cut out to make the pink ball talk.

"The pink ball is only useful when there is a hard and grassy wicket because the ball goes straight. Pink ball is a very different ball and doesn't work like the white or red ball at all so there is a very low possibility that in the last session we get swing or reverse so we will have to work very hard," Shami said.