Sardarji did everything I told him to do: Ganguly about how he and Bhajji sledged opponents, while others shied away

World Cup 2019: Rain interrupted India’s World Cup semifinal game against New Zealand on Tuesday and the match is said to be carry forwarded to Wednesday (10 July).

While the rain played a spoilsport, commentators in the studio were making sure to give the audience a trip down memory lane. 

At a studio, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman spoke about the Indian team. Replying to a question on what the team’s strategy was to battle the Australia team Ganguly replied saying, “It was very hard with that team because we had too many gentlemen. If you ask Rahul Dravid to do that, he’ll come back and say ‘No no no that’s not the right way to play.’

"You ask VVS Laxman to do that, he’ll say ‘I’m concentrating on my batting.’ And if you tell Sachin to do it, he will stand at mid-on and tell the mid-wicket fielder to sledge Steve Waugh, and himself not do it.”

Continuing to joke Ganguly added, “There were a lot of issues in that team. The only ones holding the Indian flag were Harbhajan Singh and Sourav Ganguly. Sardarji did everything I told him to do.”

Lol! Ganguly on fire  pic.twitter.com/oDaay9oYir

— rabhinder kannan (@rabhinderkannan) July 9, 2019

Ganguly captained Team India from 2000 to 2005, a period when India beat Australia in a Test series at home and drew a Test series in Australia.

As for the ongoing World Cup semi-finals, New Zealand scored 211/5 in 46.1 overs before rain interrupted play.