Published 23:07 IST, May 31st 2020

Sourav Ganguly reveals how an 'April Fool' joke almost cost him his captaincy

Former Indian captain and current BCCI President Sourav Ganguly revealed how an 'April Fool' joke almost cost him his captaincy

Reported by: Karthik Nair
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Sourav Ganguly is one of best and finest captains in history of Indian cricket. He has led Team India to unattained heights in world cricket by registering a lot of famous wins. Meanwhile, he has gone on to say that re was an incident where a prank almost cost him his captaincy.

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'A little bit shocked': Sourav Ganguly


During an interview with a news channel, Ganguly said he was a little disappointed because he was t scoring runs and as he entered dressing room, team members got toger led by Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh were saying that y are very disappointed with what  Dada had said about team in media.

Recollecting that incident, a stunned Sourav asked what he had said and also admitted that he used to be sensitive during those days. Sachin and Bhajji n mentioned re were reports in newspapers that ex-skipper was t happy with way team has played.

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A disappointed Ganguly n told two if y felt and got upset about team t playing well, n in that case he has done something wrong, n he is ready to resign on spot and let someone else take over captaincy after which he went and sat on his chair. In what n turned out to be an embarrassing moment, current BCCI President saw everybody jumping with laughter in a couple of minutes and at same time, he was also really upset as well as a bit shocked after what he had just heard from team and suspense was finally broken when Harbhajan jumped up and said 'April Fool'.

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23:07 IST, May 31st 2020