KOLKATA, July 25: Former India captain and chief selector K Srikkanth today said Eden Gardens is the best venue in the world to play cricket.
�Eden Gardens is the greatest place to play cricket in the world I would say. I�ve very fond memories of here. It�s always lovely come back here. It�s good to see so many young cricketers receiving awards,� Srikkanth said at Cricket Association of Bengal�s annual awards ceremony.
The former chief selector also hoped that some of the awardees would make the cut and lead India like Ganguly.
�Ganguly has been one of the greatest captains of India and he�s sitting beside me on the stage. I hope few of the cricketers who are receiving awards will try to emulate Sourav Ganguly and lead India in future.�
Terming it a great day for any Bengal cricketer, CAB joint secretary Ganguly said during their young days they always looked forward to this day.
�Since my U-15 days we used to look forward to this day to get the recognition for what we have done all these years. I think your success will be CAB�s success,� Ganguly said.
However many Bengal cricketers who�re busy playing a pre-season KSCA Invitational tournament in Bengaluru were not present.
Abhimanyu Easwaran was the �Pankaj Gupta Best Cricketer of the Year�, while former India cricketer Dilip Doshi was picked for the �Kartick Bose Lifetime Achievement Award�.
Both of them were conspicuous by their absence.
CAB also awarded a host of Bengal cricketers across all age groups in both boys and girls categories. � PTI
