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Team India suffered a 209-run defeat in the final of the World Test Championship last week, which could not end their ICC title drought. India’s last win in an ICC tournament was in 2013 when they won the Champions Trophy title in England under Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Since then, India has seen two changes in captains. They have lost four finals (T20 World Cup 2014, Champions Trophy 2017, WTC 2021 and WTC 2023) and three semi-finals (T20 World Cup 2016 and 2022 and ODI World Cup 2019).
However, former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly made a controversial statement when he said that he finds winning the IPL a more challenging task than winning the ICC title. Ganguly defended Rohit Sharma’s captaincy after Rohit Sharma’s failure in ICC events. Before the loss in the WTC final, India had suffered a 10-wicket defeat to England in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup last year under Rohit’s captaincy.
Salman Butt raised questions on Sourav Ganguly’s statement
Ganguly also backed current skipper Rohit Sharma, saying he has full faith in him. He said that Rohit and MS Dhoni have won 5 IPL titles. According to Ganguly, winning the IPL was not an easy task due to its challenging nature.
Reacting to Ganguly’s statement, former Pakistan captain Salman Butt expressed surprise and disbelief. He said that he did not expect a world class player and captain to make such a statement. He questioned the comparison between league cricket and Test (and international) cricket, insisting that there is no basis for the comparison.
According to Butt, it was not fair to compare the final format of cricket with the shortest format, where only four international players were present in a team.
“I didn’t expect a world class player and a captain to say something like that. How can you compare league cricket with Test (and international) cricket? There is no comparison. You are comparing the final format of cricket with the shortest format where there are only four international players in a team? There is no comparison,” Butt said on his YouTube channel.
Coming back to Sourav Ganguly, the former India captain still believes that Rohit is the most suitable candidate to break India’s ICC title drought. He explained that when Virat left, the selectors needed a captain and Rohit emerged as the top choice at that point. Ganguly highlighted Rohit’s track record, which includes his successful run in winning five IPL trophies and the Asia Cup.
