Nasser Hussain speaks about his love-hate relationship with Sourav Ganguly

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is considered one of the greatest captains to have led India. Under Ganguly, India transformed into a better side. In fact, Dada is also credited for laying the foundation of a side that went on to win the ODI world Cup in 2011. 

Ganguly’s daring persona sometimes brimmed over to his non-playing attitude. Once he made Steve Waugh wait for the toss and now Nasser Hussain has spoken at length about this characteristic of the former India skipper. 

“Sourav’s like that. When I played against Sourav, I hated him, he used to make me wait for the toss every single time and I’ll be like, Ganguly, it’s 10.30, we have to toss,” Hussain said on the Cricket Connected Show on Star Sports.

“But now I work with him for the last decade on commentary, he’s such a nice, calm, he’s still late for his commentary stints, but he is a lovely bloke. And that’s the way cricketers should be. When you play with him or against him, you don’t like him and when you meet up with him later in life, they’re nice people,” added the former England captain.

Not just Ganguly, Hussain also shared his views on Sachin Tendulkar and revealed the Master Blaster was a tough nut to crack as he possessed “magnificent technique.”

“Overall, when I talk about all-time batsmen, Sachin Tendulkar had a magnificent technique. When I was England skipper, I cannot remember how many team meetings we used to have just to discuss how to get Tendulkar out,” Hussain recalled while speaking to Ian Bishop and Elma Smit in the latest episode of ICC podcast titled ‘Cricket Inside Out’.