'He would have got us out of business,' a bookie reveals why they were scared to approach Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly will forever be known as a leader who dug deep to free the Indian cricket team from the shackles of match-fixing back in the early 2000s. At a time when cricketers like Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja were banned for match-fixing leaving the most cherished game of the country in doldrums, Ganguly led with example, both on and off the field.

Recently Sportskeeda reported that bookies never had the guts to approach the Prince of Kolkata to fix a match. “During the time Sourav Ganguly was the captain, most bookies wanted him to fix matches.  But, they also knew that it could never happen, because Dada was one of the most patriotic captains," a former bookie was quoted as saying by the website.

"The bookies were scared to approach him as they knew, he would turn them in. So, it was a grown consensus that Ganguly cannot be sold and no one had the guts to approach him, as it could put their business into jeopardy”

Ganguly had once revealed that he was never approached by bookies in his entire career saying his no-nonsense attitude helped him to portray himself as a man who would not tolerate these kind of corrupt practices.