Former India captain Sourav Ganguly believes that Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid can play significant roles in ending India’s ICC title drought.
The ICC 2023 World Cup is set to kickstart on October 5 and India will kick off their campaign against five-time champions Australia in Chennai. It has been 10 years since India’s ICC title drought and the last time they won a World Cup was in 2011 under Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s leadership.
“Pressure will always be there. When they played before also, there was pressure. Rohit Sharma has five centuries in the last ODI World Cup. I am sure there must have been pressure on him then also. Pressure is not a problem. I am sure they will find a way to succeed. During Rahul Dravid’s playing days, there was pressure to perform, and now that he is the head coach, there is pressure on him to deliver. That will not go away, and I don’t think pressure is an issue,” said Sourav Ganguly while speaking to Revsportz.
Ganguly believes in the leadership of Rohit Sharma as he has led Mumbai Indians to five Indian Premier League titles and has also led India to Asia Cup 2018 win.
“Just win it. He has won five IPLs, which is not easy also. So hopefully, he can do it for India in this World Cup,” said Ganguly.
“I hope so. We are extremely happy to have five matches at the Eden Gardens. I must thank the BCCI and Jay Shah for giving us the semi-final. I had spoken to him, and I am sure the Cricket Association of Bengal must have spoken to him a number of times about the matches. Eden Gardens is a great venue – 60-70,000 capacity, and that also plays a huge role. We will upgrade it to around 100,000 in the next two years. Extremely happy because the World Cup is a big event, and Eden has hosted big matches in the past also,” Ganguly said on Eden Gardens hosting World Cup matches.
