Gambhir upset by Eden 'chaos'

Indian opener, Gautam Gambhir has revealed that he was deeply unhappy over the way the felicitation function, organised to celebrate Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) victorious campaign in the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), ended up in chaos and resulted in 12 people being injured.

Kolkata police resorted to lathi-charge as fans attempted to get inside the Eden Gardens which was already filled to the brim. Writing in his column for the 'Hindustan Times', the Indian opener expressed his dismay over things and said it would be the last time such a felicitation function would be organised. "I must say I was disappointed by the inconvenience KKR's felicitation ceremony caused to people of Kolkata. As it is cricket fans in India, who are the most important stake-holders, are not treated well. To make matters worse there was lathi-charge on innocents. God-willing my KKR team wins many more trophies but as far as I am concerned were done with such felicitations," he wrote.

Gambhir has been recalled to the national team, as the reserve opener, with Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan being the first-choice opening pair. He said he was looking forward to the challenge. "Here I am with the second IPL trophy now looking at the next challenge win Test matches in England. This will be my third Test tour of England. There is so much to like about cricket in UK that it is almost criminal not to do well there," he noted.