AB is scheduled to unveil both the envelope and the stamp on November 11.
"It's difficult to host the match here before that, as the Pataudi Lecture is planned here and the BCCI officials would be busy till Nov 10."
Sourav's availability for this important post will be a questionable factor.
West Indian batting legend Brian Lara on Sunday lamented that he could never play a Test match at the historic Eden Gardens and made a suggestion to Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) officials that if a veterans match, including Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, could be organised here in the future.
Gambling in India being restricted, advertisement by two Sri Lankan casinos at the Eden Gardens hosting the India-West Indies Test match caught the fancy of the spectators.
Although gambling is not allowed in India, two casinos from Sri Lanka have put up their banners inside the Eden Gardens during the ongoing India versus West Indies Test match.
The Eden Gardens is all set to host Sachin Tendulkar's 199th Test match starting from November 6th to 10th. Around 70,000 tickets will have the photo of Sachin Tendulkar printed on it. This is the first time that a player's photo has been printed on a ticket. The ticket will also have Tendulkar's autograph.
This could be a prized memorabilia and one day will be worth a lot more than it cost. The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) plans to have a portrait sketch of Sachin Tendulkar on the tickets for the legend’s 199th and penultimate match of his career to be played at the Eden Gardens from November 6.
Gung ho after getting to host the penultimate Test match of batting genius Sachin Tendulkar's career, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) is planning a host of events and invite his family including his mother for the November 6-10 Eden Gardens game to make the occasion memorable.
BCCI interim chief Jagmohan Dalmiya is set to be elected unopposed in a straightforward affair at the Cricket Association of Bengal's 82nd Annual General Meeting on Wednesday.