For CAB, the problem is that it can’t yet get started on revamping the current concrete seating arrangements, since the Eden is Army-owned and the Army is yet to renew the CAB’s lease.

Eden’s lease expired last summer, and the renewal has been pending ever since, and indications are clear that the matter will drag on for long. As long as the CAB fails to get the lease renewed, the Army won’t grant the CAB permission to carry out infrastructure work at the stadium.

Refusing to divulge if Ganguly was indeed the Kolkata team’s skipper, Modi rolled the ball in Red Chillies’ court. “It’s up to the franchisee to decide that. Let me clarify, the Board is not hosting these matches. It’s all being organised by the franchisees themselves. We are only acting as facilitators,” he said.