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Warne shoots at Ganguly : IPL

Written by amith
02 May 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Sourav Ganguly hit back at his Rajasthan Royals counterpart Shane Warne and dismissed the Australians claim that he had violated the spirit of the game by indulging in delaying tactics and refusing to accept the fielders words on a 'clean catch'. “Look who’s talking,” an acerbic Ganguly said after his team lost to the Warne-led side. “If you look at his career and the incidents he got in. it will give you the answer,” Ganguly said. Warne had earlier said that he would lodge a complaint against Ganguly for resorting to time-wasting tactics during their IPL match and refusing to accept the fielder’s word on a “clean catch”. “I was disappointed at the start. While batting we waited for five minutes under the hot sun and they (Knight Riders) were not anywhere to be seen,” Warne fumed in the post-match press conference after the Royals beat the Knight Riders on Thursday. “When fielding, we just waited for Sourav to come out. When we were out on the field, we all stood there waiting. I don’t know what he was doing. He wanted extra time,” a visibly annoyed Warne said. Regarding the controversial catch, Warne said, “When in Bangalore, we signed the Spirit of Cricket. It meant playing in the right spirit. International captains like Graeme Smith says he caught him (Ganguly) and it was a clean catch,” asserted Warne. Ganguly, however, begged to disagree and said, “I did not know that in cricket, taking a one-drop catch was in the spirit of the game. “I have a good relationship with Graeme Smith and I have enough respect for him. I don’t want to drag him into it. But the things is in cases like this, often the fielder does not realise that he had actually taken a drop catch,” said the Kolkata left-hander. The former India captain also made it clear that he had not asked the on-field umpire to refer the decision to third umpire, as alleged by Warne. ! User reviews There are no user reviews for this item. To write a review please register or login.