And fans here in Kolkata are naturally excited about their team’s prospects. In order to keep the players motivated, the Cricket Association of Bengal put up a huge board outside the BC Roy Club House at Eden Gardens yesterday, allowing thousands of fans to wish their team well before they left for Indore.

Football legends PK Banerjee and Amal Dutta and former India and Bengal cricket captain Sourav Ganguly too signed on the board. Bengal coach Ashok Malhotra said: “We won the last two matches from nowhere and our never-say-die attitude came to the fore.