Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has presented some of his cricketingmemorabilia to the Cricket Association of Bengal’s museum which willexhibit items gifted by star cricketers past and present
26-Jul-2001Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has presented some of his cricketingmemorabilia to the Cricket Association of Bengal’s museum which willexhibit items gifted by star cricketers past and present.The Ganguly contribution, consisting of caps, bats, balls and shirtsused during the 1997 Sahara Cup limited overs series against Pakistanin Toronto was handed over to the CAB by his family members in Kolkataon Wednesday. The elegant left hander had earned four man-of-the-matchawards in the five match series that year.The CAB joint secretary, Debdas Banerjee told reporters that theIndian captain had also gifted one of his shirts used during the 1999World Cup held in England. He said Ganguly had sent a communication tothe CAB regretting that he could not personally hand over the itemsfor the CAB’s museum.Ganguly is currently leading the Indian team in the ongoing Coca-ColaCup tri-series in Sri Lanka.The CAB museum, exhibiting cricket memorabilia of past andcomtemporary cricketers, will be formally opened for the generalpublic on Thursday though no inaugural function has been planned.
