Sourav Ganguly Denies Being Late During the Tour of Bangladesh in 2007, Rubbishes Ravi Shastri Punctuality Story (Watch Video)
A few days ago, Indian cricket coach Ravi Shastri on the show Breakfast With Champions revealed that Sourav Ganguly was late for the practice session when India toured Bangladesh in 2007.
A few days ago, Indian cricket coach Ravi Shastri on the show Breakfast With Champions revealed that Sourav Ganguly was late for the practice session when India toured Bangladesh in 2007. Now, in the second part of his interview for Breakfast With Champions, Ganguly rubbished the punctuality story if Ravi Shastri. He said that this incident never happened.
With a smile on his face, Ganguly said, “You don't interview him [Shastri] in the morning, don't bring him on the breakfast show he wouldn't remember what he said. When I meet him, I will ask what did you say on the breakfast show that never happened I don't know where he got that from. But don't interview him in the morning, do it in the evening he will be able to recall things better.” Check out the video below:
Shashtri back then had said, “I think that's [Discipline] a habit. I take great pride in having that habit. You know because I am never one to give excuses. If you are called somewhere I think decency demands that you are punctual. And it's a great quality in any human being...especially if you are involved with a team. And that's why even in our team punctuality is paramount. If the bus leaves at 9, it will leave at 9. I remember once.. and only once I have had to take the bus early.. This was in Bangladesh when I first became manager in 2007.”
"So the first practice session was in Chittagong I think. We were supposed to leave at 9 am and it got to 9 am. So I said, 'Let's go. All the guys from the back, the local managers and all, they came back.. they said Dada (Sourav Ganguly) has not come yet. I said, Dada can come separately. Let's go'. I think after that every time we left for practice, Sourav arrived 10 minutes before,” he had said.
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