WB govt felicitates former umpire Simon Taufel, gifts him football

The West Bengal government on Wednesday felicitated former cricket umpire Simon Taufel at a programme in Kolkata

The West Bengal government on Wednesday felicitated former cricket umpire Simon Taufel at a programme in Kolkata.

Simon Taufel. (Twitter)

Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, gifted Taufel a football on behalf of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, at the new secretariat building in Kolkata.

Taufel, 47, was a member of the International Cricket Council’s Elite Umpire Panel, and had won five consecutive ICC ‘Umpire of the Year’ awards between 2004 and 2008.