DHAKA: Memories of the 2012 grand felicitation of Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata are set to be relived, with the West Bengal government and Cricket Association of Bengal having planned a similar programme at the same venue on Tuesday morning.
All roads will lead to Eden Gardens, KKR's home venue, and entry will be free for fans to join the felicitation programme, CAB joint-secretary Subir Ganguly said.
"Eden Gardens gates will be open from 11.30 am to 3.30 pm and everybody is welcome to join in the grand victory march tomorrow. We have all plans to make the victory doubly memorable," Ganguly, who is with the KKR team, said from Bangalore.
He further said CAB supremo Jagmohan Dalmiya will call on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat (Nabanna) on Monday afternoon to finalise the programme.
The CAB official also said he will land in the city with the triumphant KKR team members and IPL trophy on Monday at 7 pm.
Mamata had come under sharp criticism after showering KKR with gold medals and gold chains in an extravagant felicitation after their maiden IPL triumph in the fifth edition of the T20 tournament two years ago.
It will be interesting to see how the state supremo goes about the felicitation this time around, especially when the West Bengal government is under scrutiny in the wake of a recent controversy.
BDST: 1342 HRS, JUNE 03, 2014