Ganguly Slams Akhtar: “He ought to give up the white ball cricket after this world cup and give attention to Take a look at cricket,” these have been a couple of phrases making headlines up to now few hours from Sohaib Akhtar and Ganguly slammed Akhtar for a similar assertion. Shoaib Akhtar’s “Virat Kohli retirement idea” acquired a particularly crushing response from Sourav Ganguly that might make the previous Pakistani pacer hushed.

Despite the fact that Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli aren’t the best of pals, they each share the identical ambition to raise Indian cricket to novel heights. Ganguly did it from 2000 to 2005 whereas serving as captain, whereas Kohli did it from 2015 to 2021.

Given their prior experiences, they may differ on every little thing, however Ganguly at all times stood by Kohli when he was beneath fireplace. When Shoaib Akhtar gave intriguing recommendation concerning Virat’s future, Dada stepped out to again him.

Akhtar on Friday mentioned that, “I’d recommend Virat to give up the white ball after this World Cup and may give attention to Take a look at cricket and purpose to equal the Sachin Tendulkar’s report of century of centuries. He needs to be extra well being aware and shouldn’t purpose for stats aside from 100 centuries.”

He additionally praised his MCG innings towards Pakistan in T20 World Cup. “That match was all about Kohli. The cricket gods needed to do it for him. He wasn’t in the very best of kind and was dealing with lots of warmth from you guys in India. The media was after him. It was God’s method of telling him – that is your stage, come and turn out to be king once more.” he added.

“In case you see all that transpired, rain and lots of it, 100,000 folks, 1.3 billion Indians watching, 30 crore Pakistanis watching, the entire world in awe – the stage was set for Kohli. It was the best stage of all. If you add the 2 sixes he hit off Haris Rauf, that match gave him again his kingdom. I believe it was all destined for him on that day on the MCG,” he concluded.

Virat final performed within the shortest format within the T20 World Cup in Australia. Hardik Pandya has been main in T20s, with Dravid choosing a reboot. Virat has fantastic T20I stats in 115 matches with a complete of 4008 runs averaging over 50 and a strike fee of 140. Now 34, Akhtar reckons Virat ought to name it quits from each ODIs and T20Is to ‘delay his Take a look at profession’.

Ganguly slams Akhtar

Afterward, DADA delivered a response so simple it will have made Akhtar clam up. The previous India captain disagreed with Akhtar’s evaluation and inspired Kohli to play no matter he would really like.

“Why?,” mentioned Saurav. “Virat Kohli ought to play no matter cricket he desires to play. As a result of he performs,” mentioned Ganguly with mic-drop vogue.

As India enters a interval of transition, Virat’s future has generated lots of dialogue. The previous India captain, who fell quick within the World Take a look at Championship Last, will attempt to achieve the forthcoming Asia Cup and World Cup.

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