Sourav Ganguly Reveals That He Regrets Taking Off Shirt at the Lord's Balcony

Former Team India skipper Sourav Ganguly in his upcoming autobiography has opened up on his cricketing journey. In the yet to be released a book titled “A Century is Not Enough” he gave an insight on how his career shaped over the years. During an interaction with Barkha Dutt, Ganguly revealed that his iconic shirt-waving incident is something which he will regret doing throughout his life.

“Everybody says that its the most iconic moment. But I wouldn’t do it again. I came from a very conservative and shy Bengali family. It just happened in the heat of the moment. I think the perception people had when I played the sport was different.

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“They took the perception on the field on the field as it was, but, off the field I was a completely different person. I had to put on this attitude of mine because I wanted everyone winning cricket matches,” Ganguly said to Barkha Dutt during a preview of her interview with the former Indian skipper for the Week Live.

The Historic day

It was Sourav Ganguly who was at the center of one of the finest Indian victories. India defeated England by two wickets in the final of the Natwest Series in one of the dramatic manners. Just as Zaheer Khan hit the winning runs, Ganguly who was standing on the Lord’s balcony took off his shirt and started waving it.

The former skipper had admitted earlier that his act was in response to Andrew Flintoff who had done the same thing when England had won the final ODI of a six-match series at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai which was played a few months before the Natwest series.

“I regret it because there are better ways of showing your happiness of beating England at Lords. I’m not that type of person who would take their shirt off and get agitated. I’m normally very docile, but that cricket field turned me differently,” said Ganguly.

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