Bangladesh will be playing India in the first ever day-night Test for both the countries at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Tigers Head Coach Russell Domingo made the announcement on Tuesday (Oct 29) while briefing the media.

"We're really looking forward to the challenge," Domingo told reporters. "We're not going to have a lot of time to prepare with the pink ball, but it's the same for India."

Newly-appointed Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly, a long-time supporter of day-night tests, first proposed the idea to home side captain Virat Kohli before speaking with Bangladesh Cricket Board officials, reports Reuters.

"Day-night test cricket is a huge step forward and we believe it will bring back the crowd into stadiums and a whole lot of young children to the sport," Ganguly said in a statement on Tuesday.

Bangladesh will be without their all-rounder captain Shakib Al Hasan, who was banned from all cricket for at least a year on Tuesday after he was found to have breached the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption code.

Ganguly said the match would help support test cricket, the longest format of the game, which has seen dwindling audiences in recent years.

"Test cricket is of utmost priority, and we at BCCI will leave no stone unturned to bring this format back to its feet," the former India captain said.

India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Ireland are the only teams among the 12 test-playing nations to have not yet played day-night tests.