An actor named Jeet, who is a popular Bengali film hero, was sitting in the Bengal dug-out during the final few overs of the match and as soon as the game finished, he rushed onto the field to congratulate the players.
Jeet is known to be a close friend of Bengal captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla. But no one in the media had any clue as to why the actor was allowed to sit in the post-match media conference where senior players Ashoke Dinda and Wriddhiman Saha had come to address the scribes.
"The ICC guidelines say that the dressing room and playing arena is "sanitised" from the first ball to the last ball, that's the norm. But since it's the home team's dressing room and the property belongs to them, they can allow anyone they want to.
"Nonetheless, I've taken a note of the incident which will be reported to the BCCI," the ACSU official told PTI today.
Such was the excitement that the sanctity of dressing room was forgotten.
CAB president Jagmohan Dalmiya announced a prize money of Rs 10 lakh for the team.
"This is no fluke but by sheer performance, we have reached semis. There would be bigger packages if we make final and even more if we win the final," Dalmiya said, talking to the media right inside the dressing room.
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