Previous India still left-arm rapid bowler Irfan Pathan has weighed in on Sourav Ganguly and his inclination of turning up late for tosses throughout his time as captain of the Indian cricket crew. Pathan, who made his India debut below Ganguly all through the 2003-04 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, narrated an incident when the former India captain would take his time in the dressing room, even when he was managing late for the coin toss
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“On my first tour of Australia, when he designed Steve Waugh wait, I remember it clearly,” Pathan mentioned on the Cricket Connected Clearly show on Star Sports activities. “I would be in the dressing room and I try to remember each time it was time for the toss, Dada utilized to search at the clock, and the supervisor would remind him that it is time to go out for the toss.”
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Steve Waugh and Nasser Hussain experienced expressed their frustrations with Ganguly for frequently making them hold out for the coin toss. Pathan described the 2004 Sydney Take a look at, which was Waugh’s final as an Australia cricketer and how even Sachin Tendulkar could not persuade Ganguly to convert up in time for the toss.
“During the Sydney Test, I bear in mind it was Sachin paaji who said ‘Dada, you ought to go. It is time for the toss’. But Dada would consider his sweet time to put on his shoes, sweater changing his cap,” Pathan said. “When a man or woman is obtaining late, the stress gets to be noticeable on his experience but Dada would hardly ever be in a hurry.”
