Having edged out Chennai and Bangalore within the race to host a World Cup semifinal, Cricket Association of Bengal president Snehasish Ganguly on Tuesday stated the ”aura” of the enduring Eden Gardens boosted their case.

Chennai and Bengaluru have been additionally within the race to host one of many semi-finals however the Indian Cricket Board and ICC awarded the sport to the historic venue in Kolkata. The different semifinal will likely be held in Mumbai.

”There have been numerous talks going round within the media whether or not Eden Gardens will get any good matches or not, however I selected to only hold quiet,” Snehasish instructed reporters on the Eden Gardens after the World Cup venues have been introduced.

Overall, the town will host 5 matches of the World Cup together with the second semifinal on November 15 and India versus South Africa (November 5) within the group stage.

CAB president additional stated he met BCCI secretary Jay Shah on the sidelines of the Women’s Premier League and ”satisfied” him after displaying their grand renovation plans for the World Cup.

While the CAB has fully facelifted the press field and media centre, it is also renovating the membership home which will likely be accomplished by August.

”There was by no means any query mark over Eden Gardens, we simply needed to make some renovation of the outdated construction and he (Jay Shah) was satisfied after seeing our plans,” Snehasish stated.

But the CAB president stated he was not sure of getting the semifinal until it was introduced on Tuesday.

”I attempted my greatest to persuade him. You cannot deny Eden Gardens a giant match. There is an aura about Eden Gardens. What we would have liked was little little bit of renovation. ”It all began 4 months again. It was not straightforward however not troublesome additionally. It’s the results of our exhausting work. We had gone by means of numerous stress to get these 5 matches,” he added.

Pakistan had their ”choice” to play on the Eden Gardens and two of their group matches will likely be right here — versus Bangladesh (November 5) and England (November 12).

They would return to Kolkata ought to they make the semifinal. And, if India and Pakistan are pitted in opposition to one another within the semifinal, the blockbuster conflict can be held on the Eden Gardens.

Citing instance of the T20 World Cup India-Pakistan conflict in 2016 which was moved out of Dharmasala as a result of safety causes, Snehasish stated: ”Pakistan have performed beforehand in Kolkata. Their choice was first Kolkata than Bangalore and Chennai. It additionally clinched in favour of us.” Security can be a giant situation with World Cup slated within the midst of the Durga Puja and Diwali festive season.

The first match in Kolkata is 4 days after Dussehra, whereas the England versus Pakistan fixture is slated on Diwali.

”Life itself is a problem. You must take it or give it up. We have up to now have hosted International matches throughout a festivity — the India-Sri Lanka ODI (January 12) was held throughout the Gangasagar Mela. Kolkata Police has all the time cooperated and we hope for a clean conduct this time too,” Snehasish stated.

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