<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/sep/sourav-ganguly-scare.jpg" alt="" />Sourav Ganguly is the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal. Pic/AFP&nbsp; 
Kolkata: Sourav Ganguly on Thursday survived a&nbsp;scare at his very own Eden Gardens when the club house lift of&nbsp;more than 29 years malfunctioned and the former India&nbsp;captain had to be pulled out using a stool on the eve of the&nbsp;second Test versus New Zealand.&nbsp;
On his way to his office on the first floor, the old&nbsp;manually operated grill door lift got stuck between the two&nbsp;levels and the securitymen quickly pressed into action to&nbsp;avoid any mishap.
"We quickly disconnected the power and manually opened&nbsp;the door. A stool was lowered inside and Dada came out by&nbsp;climbing on it," a security official told PTI.
A switch-over in power supply led to this embarrassing&nbsp;incident around 5pm.
"When such things happen we quickly turn off the power&nbsp;and open the grill lock manually," the security added.
The lift was installed during the renovation work of the&nbsp;stadium way back in 1987 when it hosted the World Cup final, a&nbsp;former CAB secretary said.&nbsp;
The fabled Eden has gone for a major facelift in the 2011&nbsp;World Cup but the age old lift has remained untouched and&nbsp;incidentally this is the only lift that the iconic BC Roy&nbsp;Clubhouse has.&nbsp;
"We have proposal to change the lift and install a high&nbsp;tech automatic one but it will take sometime," the official&nbsp;added.

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