Three days after undergoing a fresh round of angioplasty to clear clogged coronary arteries, Indian cricket board chief Sourav Ganguly was discharged from hospital on Sunday morning, officials said.

The 48-year-old cricket icon was admitted on Wednesday to a Calcutta hospital for the second time in a month due to his cardiac condition.

On Thursday, an angiography revealed that the blockages in the two other arteries had not reduced even though Sourav is on medication. So, doctors decided to perform angioplasty to remove the blockages.

Cardiac surgeon Devi Shetty, the chairman of the Narayana Health group, was present during the procedure.

“Mr Ganguly is doing fine and his heart is as strong as a normal person. He had an uneventful recovery and we are hopeful that within the next couple of days, he will be able to return to normal life,” a senior doctor of the private hospital, where he was admitted, said.

The former India captain is required to follow a strict routine and needs to be on medication for a few months, he added.

The batting great suffered a mild heart attack earlier this month and was diagnosed with Triple Vessel Disease. He had undergone an angioplasty procedure during which a stent was inserted into one of the blocked arteries.