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WB govt felicitates former umpire Simon Taufel, gifts him football

Kolkata | ByPTI
Jan 16, 2019 11:19 PM IST

The West Bengal government on Wednesday felicitated former cricket umpire Simon Taufel at a programme in Kolkata

The West Bengal government on Wednesday felicitated former cricket umpire Simon Taufel at a programme in Kolkata.

Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, gifted Taufel a football on behalf of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, at the new secretariat building in Kolkata.

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Taufel, 47, was a member of the International Cricket Council’s Elite Umpire Panel, and had won five consecutive ICC ‘Umpire of the Year’ awards between 2004 and 2008.

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