At the lunch interval, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh, all of whom have achieved memorable feats at Eden Gardens, came together to create cricketing nostalgia. BCCI President and local hero Sourav Ganguly was also supposed to join them but could not make it as he was reportedly busy with administrative work. Kumble, who picked up 6 for 12 in the Hero Cup final at this very venue in 1993, said,
Kumble’s figures were the best by an Indian in ODIs for 21 years until Stuart Binny claimed 6 for 4 against Bangladesh in 2014.
Laxman obviously spoke about his stunning 281 against Australia in 2001 after India were asked to follow-on. Laxman, whose innings in the Test is regarded as one of the greatest ever, recalled it,
Another hero of the 2001 series, Harbhajan Singh took the opportunity to thank Ganguly for backing him and also admitted that Eden Gardens will always be special to him. The veteran off-spinner with 400-plus Test victims said,
On the other hand, Tendulkar, who picked up three big wickets on the final day of the exhilarating 2001 Kolkata Test, opined that the match changed Indian cricket forever. he said,
The Master Blaster went on to score at hundred in the deciding Test of the series in Chennai, which India famously won 2-1.
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