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“You Made Freddie Flintoff Bowl Bouncers At Me”- Sourav Ganguly And Nasser Hussain Look Back At 2002 NatWest Series

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“You Made Freddie Flintoff Bowl Bouncers At Me”- Sourav Ganguly And Nasser Hussain Look Back At 2002 NatWest Series


Sourav Ganguly was very successful in England and the highlight of his captaincy was leading India to win the Natwest final in 2002. England is very close to the former Indian captain as a country and also for playing cricket.

Ganguly has scored 915 runs in nine Tests which include three centuries at an average of 65.35. He has better figures as a batsman in England than Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane. Of the current group of active Indian players, only Virat Kohli has a slightly better record in England (976 runs in 15 Tests).

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Sourav Ganguly toured England in three different phases of his career: first in 1996, debuting with an iconic century at Lord’s, then in 2002 as team captain, and finally in 2007, where he was part of the famous Test series. from India to England. after 21 years.

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Ganguly together with Nasser Hussain who commented during the end of the world trade center at the Oval went back in time to its playing days. The former Indian captain recalled how Nasser Hussain’s tactic to send him off with the short ball backfired miserably.

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Sourav Ganguly-Nasser Hussain revisit ancient rivalry

ganguly: “I had a fair amount of success in this country because Nass kept me short the whole time.”

Hussein: you took me out (laughs)

ganguly: “Because I threw it (sarcastically). I remember in Headingly I was a green sailor and Nass, you were the captain. You had Freddie Flintoff throw short and hops at me, and I kept saying to Sachin, ‘Let him throw that long.’ Because the difficult length was the one that leaned”.

The former Indian captain concluded by talking about what made him successful as a player in England. He talked about getting to know the courts the more he played in England adjusting to the conditions.

“You play for a while; you learn to play good shots. It depends; there is no hard and fast rule. The only thing is keep training and make sure you are in touch and in a good position when playing Test Cricket. Different, different times. It depended on how my mind was, how confident I felt about your cricket. You practice differently when you play well, you try to keep your energy up for the game. When you’re not playing well, you keep hitting balls into the net. In this sport, confidence matters a lot.” Ganguly said during the mid-session show on Star Sports.

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