Greg Chappell, India's coach, has "vehemently denied" making any obscene gestures at the crowd, as has been suggested in media reports. A clip has been aired on several television channels showing a hand with the middle finger upright and all other fingers folded. The cricket fans in West Bengal have been angered both by the fact that Sourav Ganguly has been excluded from one day matches against South Africa and also by the Indian defeat in Eden Garden. Shyamsundar Ghosh, sports editor of the Daily Statesman says it is now increasingly becoming uncertain whether Sourav will play in the first match against Sri Lanka .
