Sourav Ganguly on Rohit Sharma : Former Team India captain Sourav Ganguly has given a big reaction about Rohit Sharma. After winning the T20 World Cup trophy, Ganguly has given a big statement about Rohit Sharma. Ganguly said that people have forgotten that he was the one who made Rohit Sharma the captain. Earlier people used to abuse him but now after Rohit Sharma won the T20 World Cup title, no one is mentioning this thing.

Actually, when Virat Kohli was removed from the captaincy, Sourav Ganguly was the President of BCCI at that time. Then he was trolled a lot on social media and was abused. He was criticized for removing Virat Kohli and making Rohit Sharma the captain. However, now under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team has won the T20 World Cup title. India has won a World Cup trophy after 13 years and due to this, Rohit Sharma is being discussed a lot.

“I made Rohit Sharma the captain”

Sourav Ganguly has hit back at critics after Rohit Sharma won the T20 World Cup title. Talking to Bengali daily 'Aajkal', he said, “When I made Rohit Sharma the captain of the Indian team, everyone criticized me. Now that India has won the T20 World Cup title under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, no one abuses me. People have forgotten that I made Rohit Sharma the captain of India.”

When Virat Kohli was removed from the captaincy of ODI and T20 in the year 2021, Sourav Ganguly, who was the President of BCCI at that time, had said that Kohli was told about this in advance. He was asked not to leave the captaincy of T20 but Virat did not agree. After this, Virat, in the press conference, termed Ganguly's words as wrong and said that he was told 90 minutes ago by BCCI officials that now Rohit will be the captain of the ODI team in his place. Since then, there has been a tussle between Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli.