Sourav Ganguly narrates a shocking tale.
Sourav Ganguly did 'Dadagiri' with the bat on his first tour to England back in the year 1996, but many aren't aware that the aggressive leader could have breathed his last on that very tour.
The Prince of Kolkata scored back to back centuries in Lord's and Trent Bridge to seal his place in the Indian team and still considers his Test debut as the best match he has ever played. However, while travelling in the Underground tube, Ganguly was held at gunpoint by a few teenagers along with teammate Navjot Singh Sidhu.
In the book, Beefy’s Cricket Tales in the chapter “Troubles in England”, Dada recounts exactly what transpired during that ride. “I will almost always drive myself around when I’m in England now, after one of the most terrifying moments of my life travelling on the London Underground,” he wrote. “We got on the tube and set off towards Pinner.
“In our carriage, there was a group of young teenagers, two boys, and three girls, and they were drinking. We were sitting opposite them and I could see that one of them was looking at us while he was drinking his beer.”
“I could tell he was looking for some kind of reaction. I didn’t want to get involved at all and I said to Sidhu to leave it alone. I picked up the can and put it to one side, at which point the young lad stood up and said to me, ‘what did you say?’
“I told him I didn’t say anything, but Sidhu jumped in and confronted him. I knew then that there was going to be some trouble. I took my glasses off and threw them to the floor away from us, and got ready for whatever was to come.”
“There were some punches thrown and, just as we got to a station, I pushed the lad and he fell over. He got up and the next thing I saw was a gun in my face. I, though, My gosh, this is it – my life is going to be over here on this train.”
“But then one of the girls, who was quite big, grabbed him and pulled him away and took him off the train. She was really quite strong and I don’t think the young boy wanted to mess with her. I was shaking and obviously very upset, but thankfully my tour and my life were able to continue."
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