New Delhi, March 08, 2021: Former India captain and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Monday said he is completely fine and back at work after recovering from chest pain for which he had to undergo two rounds of angioplasty in January. Ganguly, speaking to India Today in an exclusive interview, said he is excited to be back at work and looking forward to taking the Covid-19 vaccine soon.
Sourav Ganguly was admitted to a private hospital on January 2 after he complained of chest pain. He underwent angioplasty following which he was discharged. However, 20 days later, Ganguly had similar chest pain, leading to the second round of angioplasty on January 28. During the process, two stents were placed in two arteries.
Sourav Ganguly had not traveled outside West Bengal since the angioplasty process but the BCCI president was back at his office in Kolkata. Ganguly, who pioneered India’s first-ever pink-ball Test in Kolkata in 2019, was not able to travel to Ahmedabad for the inauguration of the world’s biggest cricket stadium — the Narendra Modi Stadium that hosted the 2nd pink-ball Test in India when Virat Kohli’s men took on Joe Root’s England last month.
However, Ganguly is planning to be in Ahmedabad later this month to catch India taking on England in a 5-match T20I series, starting March 12 according to the reports published in indiatoday.in.
‘I really didn’t see it as a scare’
“Fit, absolutely fine, I am back to work for a while now. It was a small blemish. I really don’t see it as a scare, as you grow older, adjustments tend to happen. I am very lucky that it was a very small one, it could have been bigger. But they say, you need to address immediately whatever happens. That was the best part of it. Fit and fine, that’s the best part of it,” Ganguly told India Today Sports Consulting Editor, Boria Majumdar.
“I could not travel then because I was just two weeks out of the hospital. I was not allowed to take a place. Now it’s fine, everything is healthy, I will take the vaccine and then start flying.
“I am back at work and absolutely fit to be honest. Absolutely spick and span, medical science is so good these days.”
