People queuing up again at the Eden

Calcutta has another cricketing hero besides Sourav Ganguly. Ask any fan and he will tell you that the person is the ICC president Jagmohan Dalmiya. The cricket administrator made a brief appearance at the Club House today, as he does every day. In no time, Dalmiya was surrounded by cricket followers, both young and old, requesting for autograph. It took time, but the man has finally been able to make his point that cricketers are not the only ones in demand in a cricket stadium.

Footin the board

The cheeky messages being flashed across the giant electronic scoreboard every now and then had to goof-up sooner or later. It did, today. As Nayan Mongia hit another of India’s boundaries, the message on the scoreboard read “excellent over boundary”.

Wives’ day out

When the Indian cricketers are out there on the field, their wives normally have a day out at the stadium. Sourav Ganguly and Mohammed Azharuddin’s wives were there too. While Dona Ganguly thought it best to leave soon after Sourav was out, Sangeeta Bijlani (or Begum Ayesha if you like) was disappointed to see Azharuddin declare just an over after she had arrived.