CAB to pay tribute to Pele throughout India-SL ODI at Eden Gardens

The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) pays a tribute to legendary footballer Pele, who died just lately, by displaying footage of his artistry on large screens in the course of the second ODI between India and Sri Lanka on the Eden Gardens on Thursday.

On September 24, 1977, Pele got here to the Eden Gardens to play for New York Cosmos Club towards Mohun Bagan.

The surviving members of the Mohun Bagan staff have additionally been invited for the ODI.

Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara will inaugurate the match by ringing the bell.

CAB’s joint secretary Debabrata Das stated a laser present has been organized in the course of the innings break.

The demand for tickets was lukewarm however it elevated after Virat Kohli’s good century in Guwahati within the first ODI on Tuesday. The metropolis’s mayor has already seemed into the Eden’s safety measures.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been invited, and so are different dignitaries.

Preparations are underway to pay tribute to Pele within the India-Sri Lanka match and the take a look at runs had been performed on the enormous display screen.