Souvenirs to be published for Bangladesh-India Test
Dhaka: The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) would revive an old tradition and bring out a souvenir to commemorate the historical occasion of India and Bangladesh playing the first ever Test in India.
The publication of the souvenir is revival of an old tradition of publishing a souvenir whenever an international match was allotted to HCA, reports the cricketcountry.com
“The present Executive Committee of the Hyderabad Cricket Association decided to revive its old tradition and in association with the Veterans Cricket Association of Hyderabad, is bringing out a Souvenir/Brochure to commemorate this historical event when the first ever Test Match between India and Bangladesh in India would be organised by the Hyderabad Cricket Association,” the HCA said in a release.
The practice of publishing a souvenir began when the first Commonwealth Cricket Team visited India and HCA organised a match.
“Ever since the First Commonwealth Cricket Team visited India and for the first time that the Hyderabad Cricket Association organised the match against the visiting team, the match being played at the Secunderabad Gymkhana Grounds, it had been a practice to publish a Souvenir/Brochure to commemorate the event,” the release said.
The brochure would also have cartoons and the statistics of the matches played between the two neighbouring countries, the release added.
The only Test between Bangladesh and India scheduled to be held at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, starting on February 9.
Bangladesh Test Squad: Mushfiqur Rahim (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah Riyad, Shakib Al Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mehedi Hasan, Taijul Islam, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Soumya Sarkar, Taskin Ahmed, Subashis Roy, Imrul Kayes, Liton Kumar Das and Shafiul Islam.
India Test Squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair, Wriddihiman Saha, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Abhinav Mukund and Hardik Pandya.