The International Cricket Council on Tuesday released the schedule for the upcoming 2023 World Cup that is slated to take place in India. This will be the second time after the 2011 World Cup, that India will host the premiere event. Kolkata’s iconic Eden Gardens will also be preparing for the high-octane action as they have got five important matches to organize in the coming World Cup.
Kolkata got a few crucial games like India vs South Africa match along with a couple of Bangladesh and Pakistan matches. CAB president Snehasish Ganguly was elated with the decisions made by the ICC and BCCI and he also thanked the board and Jay Shah for the five games.
The CAB president said, "We are satisfied. I really want to thank Jay Shah, BCCI and the ICC. I was working for the last 4 months. I have been working for the good matches. We show the designs and everything. We have got the best ground in the IPL. We never had question mark about this. So a lot of plus minus includes in these kinds of decisions. Jay Shah promised to give me good matches. I thanked Mr. Jay shah and BCCI that they have a good perspective about Eden gardens."
Eden will also be hosting a few of Pakistan’s games also and given the political reasons, they need high security arrangements.
"We have already hosted India vs Pakistan in T20Is. But we are having two Pak matches. These matches are tough. Organising a World Cup is challenging. We are prepared to take any kind of challenges. In all the IPL matches we had lovely crowd.
“I am very confident about hosting the matches. Special security arrangements will be there for Pakistan. I think Pakistan has played previously in Kolkata. I don’t know the inside story. But their first preference is Kolkata, followed by Chennai and Bengaluru."
"I have faith on Kolkata Police. The security system will be tighter than the normal matches. I have also faith on CM Mamata Banerjee and administration”, Ganguly added.