See pics when Kolkata felicitated their IPL champions at Eden

New Delhi: India is a cricket crazy nation and so is the city of joy Kolkata. The Eden Garden cricket ground was turned into a purple sea when thousands of Kolkata Knight Riders fan gathered in there to welcome home their IPL champions of this year. This is the second occasion for all the fans to celebrate after the win in 2012. The players and staff were felicitated with flowers, folk dances and the traditional Bengali sweets. The ceremony involved West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamta Banerjee, stars from Bollywood and cricket world and Bengali cinema. Apart from all these, the main attraction for the crowd was the players and the team co-owner Shahrukh Khan.Here are the pics:Amid heightened security cover, the stadium's green turf was deluged in a sea of purple decked up in sports merchandise, waiting with bated breath since early Tuesday morning, erupted in joy to get a glimpse of the players flanked by SRK, Chawla and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Nearly three hours late for the celebration due to a technical snag in his flight, King Khan's arrival drew big applause.Dressed smartly in a white KKR jersey, SRK cut a giant cake-in the shape of a stadium iced with the words KKR and the letter 'B' in Bengali to represent the Biswa Bangla Brand-accompanied by Chawla, KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir and Banerjee.The crowd soaked in earthy tunes of Bengali folk rock songs by Bangla band Bhoomi as slogans of "Ab Ki Baar KKR" and renditions of team anthem "Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo" reverberated across the arena.The Knights, along with Chawla went for victory laps in seven open jeeps, holding aloft the golden IPL trophy with fans yelling the names of players Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Gautam Gambhir and the rest, as the caravan passed on.CAB chief Jagmohan Dalmiya felicitated each of the players, in addition to team owners Chawla and husband Jay Mehta. This was followed by Kolkata Police Commissioner Surajit Kar Paurkayastha and celebs handing over gold rings, uttariyas and trays of Alphonso mangoes to the team.The home team, flanked by team owners Shah Rukh and Juhi Chawla, paraded the golden Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy for the over 50,000 sports buffs in the historic arena, while around 1.5 lakh people stood outside, unable to make it to the stadium.Parodying his famous dialogue from the film "Don", the superstar said in his inimitable style: "Don ko agar koi pakad sakte hain toh woh KKR supporters hain (Only KKR's supporters can catch the elusive Don)."West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who virtually conducted the show, hugged and congratulated SRK for the team's stellar performance. "Thank you for the marvellous win," she said."We thank Mamata-di for being kind to us always. You make it feel as if it is our own house," SRK said as he touched Banerjee's feet and later planted a kiss on her hand.Mamata Banerjee termed Manish Pandey who played a crucial innings of 94 in the final as the “Golden Boy” and Vinay Kumar as “Silver Boy”.Kings Khan has constructed his team well in the auction and kept faith in the skipper Gautam Gambhir even after the humiliating performance last year.Mamta Banerjee in a conversation with Gautam Gambhir and Manish Pandey.SRK shook a leg to the hit "One Two Three Four" from "Chennai Express" as the damsels of the Bengali film industry including June Maliah and singer Anik Dhar joined the impromptu performance.

See pics when Kolkata felicitated their IPL champions at Eden

New Delhi: India is a cricket crazy nation and so is the city of joy Kolkata. The Eden Garden cricket ground was turned into a purple sea when thousands of Kolkata Knight Riders fan gathered

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