IPL 2012 Champion KKR’s Victory Lap In Kolkata Today

First time IPL winners Kolkata Knight Riders will be given a gala reception on Tuesday at the Eden Gardens where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will receive them at a grand ceremony.

The players will be taken in a procession with the IPL trophy from Hazra crossing in South Kolkata to Writers Building, a distance of six kilometres, where the Chief Minister would greet them, accompanied by team owner Shah Rukh Khan.

The Chief Minister told reporters that the players would be taken on a trailer of a vehicle accompanied by thousands of KKR fans.

Earlier, about thousand jubilant fans along with politicians arrived at the airport to welcome `home` the Kolkata Knight Riders who beat two-time defending champions Chennai Super Kings to be crowned new IPL champions.

The VIP gate No 5 near the international terminal of the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Airport in Dum Dum witnessed delirious scenes once the heroes stepped out of the airport. Source