Following the final, Ganguly sent out a tweet on the final and on the performance of the team in the final, but fans mercilessly slammed the former India skipper.
Cricket fans were outraged by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly’s recent tweet about the Indian women’s cricket team’s heartbreaking defeat in the Commonwealth Games 2022 final. Chasing 162 against Australia at Birmingham’s Edgbaston Cricket Ground on Sunday, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side fell nine runs short and had to settle for silver. Following the final, Ganguly tweeted about the final and the team’s performance, but fans slammed the former India captain mercilessly.
Ganguly had congratulated the Indian team for winning silver but opined that they would be disappointed with the defeat as they were in a winning position in the match. “Congratulations to the Indian women’s team for winning silver ..But they will go home disappointed as it was their game tonite ..@BCCIWomen,” he had tweeted.
However, Twitter disapproved of the tweet and rather slammed Ganguly, calling him the the “biggest disappointment” while others called his tweet “ironic”.