Legendary Indian cricketer, Sunil Gavaskar has always had an obsession with ‘mishti doi‘, which is a famous dessert from West Bengal. It is basically sweet curd which is found on almost every street in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. The former Indian batter, over the years, has always been seen talking about his connection with the city of joy and has been seen several times expressing how much he loves the sweet confection from Kolkata.
During the first Test between England and India, Sunil Gavaskar was seen in the studio of Sony Sports and he was enjoying his favorite dessert alongside former Indian opener, Virender Sehwag. During the pre-match show, the two former openers were seen taking a bite of the mishti doi, while Gavaskar narrated the story of his love for the dessert.
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Gavaskar recalled that during his playing days when he was the captain, Sourav Ganguly’s father, Chandidas Ganguly was the honorary secretary of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). He said, “He would come to pick me up from the Airport and always had a mishti doi ready.”
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Sunil Gavaskar also revealed that Sourav’s father would always make sure that the hotel in which Gavaskar was staying had a huge Handi in which mishti doi was preserved in the refrigerator.
Gavaskar explained, “That was for the eight days I was going to be in the city. Three days leading up to the Test match and for the five days of the Test. I have only one complaint, when he was the honorary secretary of the CAB, he would bring me huge handis of mishti doi but now he has become the BCCI president, but he doesn’t bring anything,” Gavaskar said as Sehwag on the side burst out laughing.
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Sehwag further had some words for Ganguly, as he asked him to bring mishti doi for Sunil Gavaskar and him whenever they get to meet the BCCI president. The video of the chat was uploaded on the Twitter handle of Sony Sports, with their social media team making sure the message gets to Sourav Ganguly as they tagged him as well.
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