Sourav Ganguly's brother, Snehasish Ganguly, and his wife, Arpita, survived a Boat Flip Scare in Odisha, as their speedboat was capsized in the sea at the Puri Beach. The couple was enjoying water sports activity during their holiday when the incident took place. Following the incident, Arpita Ganguly pointed out the greed of money the operators had inspite of the rough sea.
"The sea was already very rough. There was a capacity of 10 people on the boat, but due to the greed for money, they allowed only three to four people on board. This was the last boat to go into the sea for the day. We had raised concerns over going into the sea, but the operators told us that it is fine," said Arpita Ganguly, as reported by NDTV.
"If the lifeguards had not come, we would not have been saved. I'm still in trauma...never faced something like this. If there were more people on the boat, maybe it would not have flipped," she added.
"Authorities should ban these sports here. Puri beach has a very rough sea. I will write a letter to the Superintendent of Police and the Chief Minister once I go back to Kolkata, asking them to stop watersports here," concluded Arpita.
Who Is Snehasish Ganguly?
Snehasish Ganguly is currently serving as the President of CAB. The 56-year-old did have a playing career in cricket, but unlike his brother Sourav Ganguly, Snehasish never got to represent India at the senior international level.
Across his 10-year domestic career with Bengal (1987-1997), the left-handed batter scored 2534 runs in First-Class cricket, which included 59 matches and 6 tons.
In List A, the batter though never managed to score a ton across 18 matches.
Snehasish Ganguly became the 18th President of the Cricket Association of Bengal in October 2022, and went on to assume the office on November 2, 2022, succeeding Avishek Dalmiya.