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Sourav Ganguly and Shane Warne in war of words

Sourav Ganguly and Australian leg spinner turned a placid evening in Jaipur into a battle of words as they went headlong over a controversial catch turned down by the third umpire. In a high pitched encounter between the Kolkotta Night riders and Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur, trouble erupted when Sourav Ganguly spoofed one up into the air off the bowling of Yousuf Pathan for Graeme Smith to catch it under dubious circumstances.

While the South African skipper wheeled away in celebration and with the square leg umpire opting to rule him out, Ganguly decided to stay on and argue with the umpire on the legitimacy of the catch. Eventually the catch was dismissed as a bump upon referral to the third umpire leading to a rather unsavory exchange of words after the match. The decision however proved inconsequential to the outcome as the Rajasthan Royals romped to an easy win over the Knight riders in the highly successful Indian Premier League cricket tournament.

Speaking to reports after the match, Shane Warne was rather emotionally hyped up and disturbed as he objected to Ganguly's reluctance to walk away. The former Australian cricket legend pointed out to the rules of fair play signed by the captains of the eight teams at the beginning of the IPL and found it rather disturbing that Ganguly refused to walk even when someone of the repute and honour of Graeme Smith admitted to have taken it cleanly. Warne further added fuel to the fire taking exception to Ganguly's late arrival for both the batting and fielding ends and capped up by arguing that his conduct was rather unsavory and disappointing.

However, unlike previous occasions Ganguly chose to hit back with a torrent of replies. Ganguly himself has been a victim of rather dubious decisions in the past, with the bump catch given against Australia high in recent memory. Ganguly chose to put the focus on the fact that the Umpires had not themselves objected and he was playing in the spirit of the game. Sourav Ganguly further added that his fans should laugh away the comments made by Shane Warne and someone with a long history of misendeavors as Shane Warne has no right to teach him a lesson or two in morality.

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