Irfan Pathan reveals Sourav Ganguly's actions before deliberately going late for the toss

Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan recently opened up about current BCCI President Sourav Ganguly's tactics of turning up late for tosses during his time as skipper of Team India. Irfan Pathan me his debut for India during 2003-04 Border-Gavaskar Trophy when Sourav Ganguly at helm.  

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Ganguly's actions h infuriated Steve Waugh and Nasser Hussain with  former even claiming in his autobiography ‘Out of My Comfort Zone‘ that Sourav Ganguly turned up late for toss as many as seven times during ir famous 2001 series, which India won 2-1.

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Irfan Pathan on Sourav Ganguly's tactics to arrive late at toss

While talking on Star Sports' Cricket Connected, Irfan Pathan turned back clock and opened up about an incident when former India captain would take his time in dressing room, even though it was time for toss to take place. Pathan recalled toss incident from his maiden tour of Australia in 2003-04 when Sourav Ganguly me Steve Waugh wait again. former left-arm pacer said that he was in dressing room and he remembers that whenever it was time for toss, Da (Sourav Ganguly) used to look at clock and manr would remind him about same.

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He furr said that during Sydney Test, Sachin Tendulkar asked Sourav Ganguly to turn up for toss on time, but former skipper would take his sweet time to put on his shoes, sweater and justed his cap slowly on purpose. He also said that when a person is getting late, pressure becomes visible on his face but Sourav Ganguly would never be in a hurry.

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Recently, while speaking with Mayank Agrawal on ‘Da Opens With Mayank’ show online, BCCI President has shared his side of story on recent comments me by Nasser Hussain and Steve Waugh. During show, Sourav Ganguly told Agrawal about how him coming late for toss started out as an accident.

Sourav Ganguly said that during first Test match of 2001-02 series against England at home, he h actually left his blazer in dressing room.  BCCI President n went on to reveal how he n purposely started to go late for toss after seeing opposition’s reaction to it. While speaking about toss incident involving Steve Waugh, Sourav Ganguly said that  whole toss situation was done in good humour, as he has tremendous respect for his friend Steve Waugh.

Irfan Pathan credits Sachin Tendulkar for being promoted in batting order

Recently, Irfan Pathan credited Sachin Tendulkar for him being promoted to .3 in batting order. While speaking to a news daily, Irfan Pathan said that Sachin Tendulkar h told Rahul Dravid that southpaw has power to hit sixes, can take on new ball and can play fast bowlers well. cricketer-turned-commentator/analyst said that it was tried for first time in series against Sri Lanka (during home series in late 2005) when spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan was at his peak and idea was to attack him as well.

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