Kolkata, Jan. 13 -- In the last 24 hours, the temperature had plummeted in Kolkata. There was a chill in the air. But the mercury had gone up a few notches at the Eden Gardens on Saturday as the towering personality of Clive Hubert Lloyd walked down the lawns with his leisured ease on to the stage.

Cricket Association of Bengal was felicitating the living legend from the Caribbeans and the two-time Cricket World Cup winning captain Sir Clive Lloyd.

After a 10 minute audio-visual of the man himself, he was felicitated with a gold wristlet with his name engraved on it and the customary blazer.

"It is special to return here at Eden Gardens. I made my first match here as Captain. I have so many good memories of this ground.

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