1911 Bagan captain's descendant to get 1st ticket of U-17 World Cup

In a symbolic gesture to remember Mohun Bagan's historic win over an English team in 1911 IFA Shield, the first ticket of FIFA U-17 World Cup will be handed to the grand daughter-in-law of the Kolkata giants' then captain Shibdas Bhaduri at a ceremony on May 15. Carles Puyol and Sports Minister Vijay Goel will hand over the ticket to Gouri Bhaduri. The official ticket sales will start at exactly 7.11 pm on May 16 which was the first time that an Indian football team, Mohun Bagan, defeated an English side — East Yorkshire Regiment — to win the IFA Shield., "It is apt therefore, that the Local Organising Committee of the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 decide to have someone with connection to the path-breaking team receive the first ticket of the first FIFA event India will host," a release said.