{
  "id": 1463144,
  "title": "'Dada, this is not done': When Ganguly nearly gave up India captaincy over a prank",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/dada-this-is-not-done-when-ganguly-nearly-gave-up-india-captaincy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-17T09:04:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/dada-this-is-not-done-when-ganguly-nearly-gave-up-india-captaincy-over-a-prank-by-sachin-yuvraj/articleshow/133291455.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "It happened on April Fool’s Day in 2005, a day before India began a one-day series against Pakistan in Kochi. With the pressure of playing their familiar rivals already building, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh decided to play a prank on Ganguly.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}