Former India captain Sourav Ganguly had once sneaked off the security to try the local cuisine in Pakistan. It was India's tour of the neighbor country in 2003-04 when Ganguly got a bit mischievous to have kebabs on the street.

It is hard to imagine what could have happened had the locals knew Ganguly is out in the street. No doubt, it would have left the security in-charge panic.

Sourav shared the anecdote in the fifth episode of India Today Inspiration. "It was madness (the security). I went out to have food and was caught because I didn't inform the security. And our dear friend Rajdeep (Sardesai) he caught me and said the Indian captain is having kebabs on the food street and then the entire dinner finished after that.

"I had a cap on and I was quietly having dinner and I hope Rajdeep will see this interview and I hope he's keeping well."

"From that point of view (security measures), I actually got fed-up of the security people. I came out of the hotel room on the first day and saw, they used to call them tigers, and they had 2 people with AK-47s, one looking towards the door and one looking on the other side. So I had to go to the local manager and told him that we are here for 45 days, you please remove security from in front of the room, please put it in the lobby. Because we can't wake up every morning and see somebody standing there with an AK-47. If he misfires (laughs) we don't have to go till the lobby."

India was on a five-match ODI and three-match Test series in Pakistan. They won both, 3-2 and 2-1, respectively. 

"I remember coming out of the airport in Karachi and driving towards the hotel. The entire road was shut and it was a good 10kms drive. And every side road leading on to the main road was blocked. And there was security, military, tigers wherever you see in every nook and corner. And the hotel we were staying in Karachi, I think it was on the 3rd floor, so the 2nd and 4th floors were not given to any guests. It was completely chock-a-block," Ganguly said.

(With India Today Inputs)