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Up to date: Jan 11, 2023 19:53 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 11 (ANI): Pele, the legendary soccer participant who handed away on December 29, 2022, shall be honoured on Thursday in the course of the second ODI cricket match between India and Sri Lanka on the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata.
The Brazilian legend has a considerable fan base in India, significantly in Kolkata, which is named the nation’s soccer capital. The well-known Mohun Bagan vs. New York Cosmos soccer sport, performed in 1977 at considered one of India’s largest stadiums, Eden Gardens, included Pele taking part in for the American membership.
Through the second match of the present three-match ODI collection between India and Sri Lanka, footage of Pele’s expertise shall be proven on the big screens on the Eden Gardens.
The 80,000-seat stadium, which serves because the Cricket Affiliation of Bengal’s (CAB) headquarters, has additionally scheduled a laser present for the mid-game break as per the Olympics web site.
The King of Soccer, Pele, made three journeys to India. His first journey to India was in 1977 to play in a pleasant match on the Eden Gardens versus Mohun Bagan whereas taking part in for the New York Cosmos. He returned to India in 2015 and 2018 as a visitor for occasions.
It was Pele’s penultimate match of his profession. He stayed solely a day in Kolkata and performed his last match every week later.
In a hard-fought match, Mohun Bagan, led by Indian veteran PK Banerjee, held the famed New York Cosmos to a 2-2 tie. Over 65,000 folks crammed the stadium to see the sport, giving it a cause to rejoice for Kolkata‘s soccer supporters.
The entire surviving gamers from the Mohun Bagan crew that confronted the New York Cosmos have additionally been invited.
Footballing maestro Pele was laid to relaxation at Vila Belmiro, the house floor of Santos FC the place he spent nearly all of his membership profession, from 1956 to 1974.
Pele handed away on the age of 82 following a most cancers battle. In September 2021, Pele had a colon tumour eliminated. Nonetheless, on November 29, he checked into the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo, based on Al Jazeera. (ANI)
