When Sourav Ganguly Was Held At Gunpoint In England Only To Be Saved By A Local Girl.
By Neelajit Sarkar
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In Ian Botham’s Beefy's Cricket Tales, Ganguly spoke about India’s tour of England, he thought he was going to die when he got into a confrontation with a bunch of drunk teenagers.
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Sourav Ganguly shared his experience, When Navjot Singh Sidhu and he got on the tube(train) and set off towards Pinner.
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In the carriage, there was a group of young teenagers, two boys, and three girls, and they were drinking. Both were sitting opposite them and they could see that one of them was looking at them.
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They knew that one of the guys was trying to get a reaction out of them just to start a fight. Sourav Ganguly wanted nothing to do and even asked Sidhu to remain calm.
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But Sidhu jumped in and confronted the drunk teenager. Sourav Ganguly knew then that there was going to be some trouble.
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There were some punches thrown and, just as they got to a station, Sourav pushed the lad and he fell over. He got up and the next thing he saw was a gunpoint on face.
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In that moment one of the girls, grabbed the guy with the gun and pulled him away.
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Later Ganguly concluded "Nobody knows what could have happened that day if the girl wasn’t there"