Satire: Blast From the Past - Ganguly's antics at Lord's balcony

It was July 2002, the final of the Natwest Trophy and the weather was unusually hot in London. India were chasing 325 and they were 5 down for 146. And here’s what happened.

Ganguly: Everybody’s getting out cheaply. Damn, wish I could bat left handed instead of someone. Oh wait! I am a left handed batsman anyway. Sh*t!

Dravid: *walks in disappointed* I should have played it square of the wicket.

*A bucket full of sweat comes flowing from his helmet. Tendulkar slips and falls on his elbow*

Tendulkar: Aila. Ouch! *looks at the tennis ball Ganguly is playing with and shouts* Tennis Elbow!!

Ganguly: Damn, it’s so hot in here. Why’s the AC not working?

Tendulkar: Seems like we still haven’t got our independence from these Britishers. AC was working fine in the English dressing room.

Ganguly: How do you know, Sachin?

Tendulkar: I wanted to talk to their 12th man.

Ganguly: About?

Tendulkar: Shhh! Asked him to tell Giles, not to ask me to sign the ball in front of everybody. Nowadays everybody who gets me out wants it.

Ganguly: Funny! I’m going to the balcony. It’s too hot in here.

Harbhajan Singh: Dada, I’m here. Tussi don’t worry. I will finish the game soon.

Ganguly: Well, that’s what I’m worried about.

*sits in the balcony*

John Wright: You all (W)right?

Ganguly: No, you all Wright. I’m all left… handed.

Wright: You Indians have a weird sense of humor. Look at these two. Making me laugh by giving us a hope.

Ganguly: Yuvraj and Kaif? I thought Kaif was just our specialist fielder who has lost all his teeth when the ball hit him on his face in his childhood.

Wright: They are doing wonders by the looks of it. Things you, Sachin and Dravid couldn’t.

Ganguly: Things are getting hotter. I hope I lift the trophy.

*Yuvraj gets out*

Ganguly: Oh Be#$%#@D!

Wright: What does that mean?

Ganguly: Well, it means, Come on!!

*Kaif takes India closer*

Wright: Be#$%#@D! Kaif Be#$%#@D!

Tendulkar: Aila, Wright’s so Wrong.

*Ganguly winks, India wins*

Ganguly: F**K it! I can’t take the heat anymore, I’m removing my shirt.

Yuvraj: Dada, twirl it, you’ll get some fresh air.

Tendulkar: Ah! Better than those Kaithan fans, dada.

And they all wrote their own story.

Disclaimer: This piece is a figment of imagination of the author and it shouldn’t be considered as real.