Mumbai: While some tried, not many could get under the skin of Sourav Ganguly. Fondly known as Dada, the now Cricket Association of Bengal President, though was once feared for his life after being held at gun point. The former Indian skipper just managed to avoid what could have been a tragedy in London.
Ganguly, in Beefy’s Cricket Tales, speaks about “one of the most terrifying moments” of his life which occurred in 1996. In the chapter titled as Troubles in England, Ganguly describes the incident in detail. “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. 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,” wrote Ganguly.
