Former Indian captain and BCCI president, Sourav Ganguly has found himself at the receiving end of criticism and trolling after he compared winning an ICC trophy to winning Indian Premier League’s title. Ganguly’s statements came after India’s humiliating defeat against Australia at the high-voltage World Test Championship Final 2023.
Sourav Ganguly Compared IPL To World Cup
It was India’s second attempt at winning the World Test Championship, and they failed to grab an ICC trophy. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team failed miserably as the Australians outplayed them in every department. Following the defeat, fans slammed Rohit Sharma for his captaincy.
Meanwhile, Sourav Ganguly defended the Indian captain with a bizarre remark as he compared IPL with the World Cup. Notably, Rohit Sharma took over the captaincy duties under Ganguly’s BCCI presidency tenure. He was considered for the job based on his successful run for his IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, the team which Rohit led to five IPL titles.
Ganguly Is Getting Trolled Left, Right, And Center
Ganguly and others were confident for team India performing well under Rohit’s captaincy, however, this was the second major defeat team India faced. Earlier the team suffered a semi-final exit in T20 World Cup last year.
In a recent interaction with Aaj Tak, the former Indian captain continued to defend Rohit despite the massive criticism for his captaincy. Not just this, he also went on to say that winning IPL is way tougher than winning a world cup. He said:
“I have full faith on Rohit. He and MS Dhoni have won 5 IPL titles. Winning the IPL isn’t easy because it’s a tough tournament. Winning the IPL is more difficult than winning a World Cup as there are 14 matches after which you take part in the playoffs. In the World Cup, it takes only 4-5 matches for a place in the semis. In the IPL, it takes 17 matches for you to become champions,”
Ganguly’s statements didn’t go down well with the fans, who started trolling him left, right and center for comparing IPL to World Cup.
Check out how fans trolled Sourav Ganguly for his latest statement:
