Ganguly memorabilia presented to CAB museum

Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has presented some of his cricketing memorabilia to the Cricket Association of Bengal's museum which will exhibit items gifted by star cricketers past and present.

The Ganguly contribution, consisting of caps, bats, balls and shirts used during the 1997 Sahara Cup limited overs series against Pakistan in Toronto was handed over to the CAB by his family members in Kolkata on Wednesday. The elegant left hander had earned four man-of-the-match awards in the five match series that year.

The CAB joint secretary, Debdas Banerjee told reporters that the Indian captain had also gifted one of his shirts used during the 1999 World Cup held in England. He said Ganguly had sent a communication to the CAB regretting that he could not personally hand over the items for the CAB's museum.

Ganguly is currently leading the Indian team in the ongoing Coca-Cola Cup tri-series in Sri Lanka.

The CAB museum, exhibiting cricket memorabilia of past and comtemporary cricketers, will be formally opened for the general public on Thursday though no inaugural function has been planned.