Kolkata: Bangladesh skipper Mominul Haque on Thursday echoed his Indian counterpart Virat Kohli's sentiments, saying practice matches before playing a Day-Night Test would be better, ahead of the first pink ball test between the two nations at Eden Gardens here. Kohli said he wants practice games ahead of Day/Night Test matches abroad, suggesting that could be a condition if India is to play in Australia next year. Kohli-led India refused to play a Day-Night Test in Adelaide against Australia in 2018. But since Sourav Ganguly became the president of the BCCI and pushed the issue, he said it took him three seconds to agree to it.

Bangladesh, like India, are also playing their first pink ball Test with none of their squad members having prior experience. "Going forward, we would like to have a practice match before a pink ball Test," Mominul told reporters on the eve of the match. "We didn't get any practice match before this. We can't ponder on that. We have to focus on what we have," he said.