Kolkata, Jan 16 (PTI) The West Bengal government on Wednesday felicitated former cricket umpire Simon Taufel at a programme here.

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 here.

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.

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