T20 World Cup 2016 final: Teams to wear black armbands to mourn Kolkata flyover tragedy

By Tapan Mohanta

Kolkata: All the four teams in the men’s and women’s ICC World Twenty20 finals Sunday are expected to wear black armbands as mark of respect to the families of the victims of the horrifying flyover tragedy that took away lives of 24 people. “We have requested the teams to wear black arm-bands,” former India captain and Cricket Association of Bengal president Sourav Ganguly told reporters on Friday. Till now 24 people have been killed and several others critically injured after an under construction flyover collapse in North Kolkata near Ganesh Talkies. With the final having awarded to the Eden during the tenure of Jagmohan Dalmiya as BCCI president, the CAB in a novel gesture will show a five-minute documentary on the administrator who passed away in 2015. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: England vs West Indies, ICC World T20 2016, Final at Kolkata

There will also be a cultural programme with tabla performance by Bickram Ghosh, dancer Tanushree Shankar and sitar performance by the duo of Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan. West Indies will be eyeing a double with the women’s team taking on Australia while the men will face English challenge in the evening. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Australia Women vs West Indies Women, ICC Women’s World T20 2016, Final at Kolkata

Former Sri Lanka cricketer Kumar Dharmasena along with Rod Tucker and Marais Erasmus will officiate the men’s final of the World Twenty20 between England and the West Indies on Sunday. The on-field umpires for the women s final between Australia and the West Indies will be Aleem Dar and Richard Illingworth of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires with Nigel Llong as third umpire and S Ravi as fourth umpire. Andy Pycroft will be the match referee for the women s final while Ranjan Madugalle, also of the elite panel, will referee the men s final between England and the West Indies.