'Rohit Sharma's PR Trying To Save Him': Netizens Blast Sourav Ganguly For His Bizarre 'Winning IPL Difficult Than World Cup' Remark

Former BCCI President Sourav Ganguly defended Rohit Sharma with a bizarre remark, comparing World Cup win with Indian Premier League (IPL). 

Rohit Sharma had replaced Virat Kohli as India captain when Sourav Ganguly was the BCCI President.

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Senior opener Rohit Sharma, who was picked as Virat Kohli's successor to lead India across formats, yet again failed to win an ICC final. Team India's most recent failure came in the summit clash of World Test Championship (WTC 2023) Final, where they lost to Australia by 209 runs at The Oval -- their fourth defeat in an ICC final and second loss in a row in a WTC Final. While the entire cricket fraternity is busy dropping bombshells on the Indian team for their lackluster outings, Sourav Ganguly defended Rohit Sharma with a bizarre remark, comparing World Cup win with Indian Premier League (IPL). 

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Rohit had replaced Virat Kohli as India captain when Ganguly was the BCCI President. In a recent interview, Ganguly had explained that Rohit was named as Kohli's successor because he was the 'next best option' available. Though Rohit Sharma's stint as India captain, so far, has been pretty ordinary, but the senior opener led Mumbai Indians (MI) to five IPL titles -- one of the major reasons why Ganguly and others were confident that India would gain similar success having Rohit as captain.

In an exclusive interview with India Today, Ganguly said that winning the IPL is more difficult that winning a World Cup.

“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,” he said.

Unhappy netizens, who were in no mood to spare the former BCCI President, came up with some hilarious memes, targeting Ganguly for his bizarre remark.

Ganguly said winning the IPL is difficult than winning the World Cup LMAO🤣🤣.

— Bhawana (@bhawnakohli5) June 12, 2023

Indian Cricketers in Ipl 🔥
During WTC😭😭#WTCFinal #WTC23 #WTC2023 #WTC23Final #wtcfinals2023#ganguly #Ashwin #Captaincy #INDvsAUSpic.twitter.com/czvWe0mdQp

— Ritwik Ghosh (@gritwik98) June 12, 2023

Sourav Ganguly said, "winning the IPL is even more difficult than winning the World Cup. "

Nothing just another Rohit Sharma's PR trying to save him from humiliation by cricket and Virat Kohli fans 🤡#WTCFinals pic.twitter.com/ZZO4Vgugrn

— Akshat (@AkshatOM10) June 12, 2023

Sourav Ganguly said, "winning the IPL is even more difficult than winning the World Cup. "

Nothing just another Rohit Sharma's PR trying to save him from humiliation by cricket and Virat Kohli fans 🤡#WTCFinals pic.twitter.com/ZZO4Vgugrn

— Akshat (@AkshatOM10) June 12, 2023

Ganguly: Winning the IPL is far more difficult than winning the world cup that is why Rohit Sharma is a great skipper🤡

This clown was BCCI's president when he kicked Virat out from test and ODI captaincy indirectly by making pressure.

And he appointed Rohit as captain.

Shame! pic.twitter.com/UUSlvXuKrr

— Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) June 12, 2023

Former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly says winning the Indian Premier League is tougher than winning the Cricket World Cup

Bhaii in IPL you don't need to face the likes of Shaheen starc etc ...

— ٰImran Siddique (@imransiddique89) June 12, 2023

Ganguly still believes that Rohit Sharma is the best man to end India's ICC trophy drought.

"The selectors needed a captain after Virat left and Rohit was the best that time. He had won 5 IPL trophies and done well at the international level as well; he won the Asia Cup. He was the best option. India also played in the final of the Test championship, although we lost.

"Even two years ago, we lost the WTC final. We reached the semis of the T20 World Cup. So, the selectors picked that person who was the best for the job," Ganguly said.