How Sourav Ganguly was sledged out… Pakistani keeper told the whole story

New Delhi. Against India and Pakistan on the cricket field, the mental ability of the players is fully tested. Since the players of both the teams speak the same dialect, they leave no stone unturned to disturb the concentration of the batsmen of the opposition team by ‘sledging’ them. However, off the field, the players of both the teams are very friendly and spend most of the day on the field. After doing ‘Dodo Hath’ with each other, they sit together after the game and eat food and have fun.

Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has mentioned a similar incident when he, along with fellow players Shoaib Malik and Salman Butt, got the then captain of the Indian team Sourav Ganguly out by sledding. Angered by this, ‘Dada’ had threatened Shoaib. Kamran has mentioned this incident of the year 2004 in discussion with podcaster Nadir Ali.

Kamran Akmal told that many times the wicketkeeper harasses the opposition player by talking. Referring to an incident in the Test with India, he said, ‘Many times there was laughter and jokes. There was a Test in Mohali in the year 2004. Danish (Kaneria) was bowling. Shoaib Malik was silly mid-on and Salman Butt was silly mid-off, I was the wicketkeeper. The ball was not good enough from Danish, fell behind. Sourav Ganguly was playing, he hit this ball for a four. Shoaib Malik said on this – Kamran saw, how much pressure is there on ‘Dada’, he hit a four on a six ball.

Kamran Akmal told that Sourav Ganguly tried to hit the next ball and got stumped. According to Kamran, Dada said to Shoaib Malik while leaving – You are very sharp, I will not leave you.

Harbhajan was very difficult to play
Kamran said that the happiness for us in this Test was that we were successful in saving the Test match. Later Sourav told us that you guys are very mischievous. When faced with the most difficult Indian bowler, he immediately replied – Harbhajan Singh. On the question that you have hit sixes against Harbhajan, then Kamran said that of course he has hit shots but he has also got me out. But he said that it happened due to misunderstanding.

they’ve got great fast bowlers
Regarding the new bowlers in India, Kamran said that India has now got great fast bowlers, now their label has come. Pace has also come, spin too. When we used to play, they had more fast bowlers. They were not there. Zaheer and Ishant were there. Now they have Bumrah who is still injured. Umran Malik has arrived who bowls at a speed of 150 KM/H. Umesh Yadav is there, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is there, Arshdeep Singh is also there, his pace attack has become tremendous, so his team is winning everywhere. This is a good thing for Indian cricket. Spinners have already been with them.

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