Washout
Little seems to be going right for Kolkata and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. The15-month wait for a cricket match at Eden was bad enough. And when the BCCIfinally gifted a match to Kolkata after so many months, thanks to thepowers-that-be out here removing a certain Jagmohan Dalmiya from the CricketAssociation of Bengal (CAB), the weather gods played spoilsport and the skiesopened up. What’s worse, the downpour started a few minutes after ChiefMinister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee—an avid cricket fan who played no little rolein Dalmiya’s ouster—reached the stadium on Thursday to witness his favouriteSourav Ganguly in action. It appears that the divine powers haven’t approvedof the manner in which Dalmiya was removed from the CAB and the roleBhattacharjee played in the sordid drama.