'If someone comes late for the bus, the bus will go, doesn't matter who he is' - Ravi Shastri on infamous Sourav Ganguly saga

Sourav Ganguly and Ravi Shastri are the two names in Indian cricket who make it to the news headlines a lot. There is often something important coming up from Shastri and Ganguly who have charge of the utmost important responsibilities of Indian cricket. While Ganguly is the current BCCI President, Shastri is the current head coach of the Indian national cricket team

However, these two names have shared quite a lot of bitter-sweet memories together. In the recent turn of events, Shastri opened up on an infamous incident between him and Ganguly. It was once reported that the current head coach of India didn’t allow Ganguly to board the team bus while he was late for it. However, Shastri cleared the air by adding that bus doesn’t wait for anybody who is late and by chance, it was Ganguly that day.

“If someone comes late for the bus, the bus will go, doesn’t matter who he is – it just happened to be Sourav that day. If someone comes late for the bus, the bus will go, doesn’t matter who he is – it just happened to be Sourav that day,” said Shastri in a chat with Times Now.

Ravi Shastri opens up on made-up stories by media

On being asked if Ganguly still remembers the incident and has bitterness about it, Shastri said it is definitely not the case and they share a great bond. In fact, he added that they played for the same team together and it is just the media that loves all this kind of masala which even he enjoys.

“Absolutely not. I just had a chat with him when he was here (in England). I have watched a lot of his cricket. In fact, he played in the same team as I did (Tata Steel). I played for Tata steel as captain and he played under me. We go a long way. The media love these stories. They love this bhel puri & chat and will make nice masala out of it. I also enjoy these stories a lot,” he added.