Former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has taken a dig at critics, who questioned his decision to make Rohit Sharma the captain of the Indian cricket team.

Ganguly had vetted for Rohit after Virat Kohli relinquished T20I and Test captaincy and was sacked as the ODI skipper in 2021-22.

It was a dark period in Indian cricket as the then BCCI president Ganguly was slammed by fans on social media after Kohli's explosive press conference, where he categorically claimed that he was unwillingly removed from the ODI captaincy.

In response, Ganguly had said that leadership post was taken away from Kohli after a mutual agreement where the two parties discussed ideas amicably.

On Saturday (July 13), Ganguly hit back at his critics, asking them to take a look at the success of the Indian team under Rohit Sharma.

Ganguly said while India celebrated the T20 World Cup 2024 title win, everyone forgot that he was the one who made Rohit the captain of the side.

"When I handed Rohit Sharma the captaincy of the Indian team, everyone criticised me. Now that India has won the T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, everyone has stopped abusing me for it. In fact, I think everyone has forgotten that it was I who appointed him as the captain of the Indian team," Ganguly said while speaking to a Bengali daily 'Aajkaal'.

The former India captain, who is currently the director of cricket at Delhi Capitals, also expressed his desire to coach the franchise after it parted ways with Australian legend Ricky Ponting.

"I am planning for the next IPL. I want DC to win this time. I will speak to the management about appointing an Indian as the head coach," Ganguly said.

"I want to give a shot as the head coach. I will bring in some new players. Wanted to bring in Jamie Smith from England. I wanted to test him out in Delhi's SA20 franchise. He wanted to come in but the schedules did not match," he concluded.