Sourav Ganguly is extensively thought to be some of the influential captains in Indian cricket historical past. Throughout his profession, “Dada” was identified for a number of memorable moments on and off the sector, from making Steve Waugh wait on the toss and celebrating shirtless on the Lord’s balcony to clashes with coaches Greg Chappell and John Buchanan, arguments with Shane Warne, and refusing to stroll after Graeme Smith claimed a catch.However former Australia captain Michael Clarke has shared one other story that exhibits a lighter aspect of Ganguly.In his ebook Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians, writer Boria Majumdar quotes Clarke recalling an incident involving Ganguly and Ricky Ponting throughout a toss in India, though Clarke admits he doesn’t keep in mind which match it was.“Considered one of Clarke’s favorite anecdotes goes thus: Ganguly and Ricky Ponting had been out on the toss throughout one of many matches in India — Clarke doesn’t particularly keep in mind which one — and Ponting had the coin in hand. Simply as he flipped the coin, Ganguly, if Clarke is to be believed, mentioned, ‘Head-Tail’.“‘Belief me, mate, that’s what Ricky informed me,’ Clarke says, cracking up. ‘Ricky mentioned he couldn’t fathom what had occurred with Dada having mentioned Head-Tail. [And, apparently it was said at the speed of lightning.] It had taken Ricky a second or two to come back to grips with the scenario and by that point the coin had come down. Ganguly simply picked it up and mentioned to Ricky, “We’ll bat” and walked off. India had received the toss and had been batting. Ricky didn’t actually know what to do or say and all he did was inform us within the dressing room precisely what occurred on the toss,” Clarke was quoted as saying within the ebook.Clarke just isn’t certain which match the incident passed off in.Based on out there data, Ganguly received 5 tosses in opposition to Ricky Ponting, and all of these got here outdoors India; twice throughout the 2003 World Cup and 3 times within the 2003-04 VB Sequence. Meaning Clarke could have blended up the venue whereas recalling the story, as Ponting would have been the one calling the toss if the match had been performed in India.Clarke, nevertheless, clearly states that he doesn’t keep in mind the precise match during which the incident occurred.