‘Rohit ki chaatna band kab karega Gambhir’ – Fans rip apart Gautam Gambhir as he picks Rohit Sharma over ‘s***’ Ricky Ponting

One of the top white-ball batters of the current age is Rohit Sharma, the India skipper. However, it wasn’t until he began opening the innings for Team India that his career in white-ball cricket really took off.

Gautam Gambhir, a former Indian batter, made a startling assertion about Rohit. He believes that Ricky Ponting, the former Australia captain, cannot be compared to the 35-year-old cricketer. Gambhir mentioned Ponting’s “s*** record” in sub-continental conditions to support his assertion.

“The surprising fact is that in the last four or five years he has gotten this many hundreds. Rohit Sharma before the last five-six years was not this consistent. He definitely got about 20 hundred in the last five-six-seven years. No, he is a better player than Ricky Ponting. Because Ricky has got a sh** record in the subcontinent,” Gambhir said on Star Sports’ Show Cricket Live, ahead of the second ODI between India and Sri Lanka on Thursday.

Agree with Gautam Gambhir?#RohitSharma #GauthamGambhir #RickyPonting #India #CricTracker pic.twitter.com/C7Cmx7RlQa

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) January 12, 2023

Rohit Sharma Vs Ricky Ponting

Sanjay Manjrekar, a fellow panellist and former India batter, was shocked by Gambhir’s remarks. “You missed that. Breaking news,” Manjrekar was heard saying to the host of the show.

For the record, out of his 30 ODI hundreds, Ponting only managed six—averaging 41—in the subcontinent. In contrast, Rohit has amassed 13 centuries outside of the subcontinent. Moreover, Rohit has the most double hundreds of any batter in ODIs with three.

Currently, in 237 games, Rohit has scored 29 hundred and 9537 runs at an average of about 49. Ponting, on the other hand, concluded with 13704 runs and 30 centuries in 375 games, scoring at a 42-run average.

In regards to Rohit’s century graph, Gambhir is correct. In fact, between 2017 and 2020, Rohit scored 19 ODI hundreds. In fact, he last scored a century against Australia in January 2020. He has been behind Ponting’s total by one century for nearly three years.

Here’s how Twitter trolled Gautam Gambhir on his pick: 

Abe akal se andhe rohit sub continent ka hai aur voh australia hai toh obviously rohit ka better hoga record !! 🤦‍♂️Kisko expert bnakr baitha dete hai

— parthhhh (@Sportify07) January 12, 2023

Pagal ho gaya ye aadmi
Isko thoda rest de do yar

— ajay singh (@singh_ajay_92) January 12, 2023

Bhai wo bhi era doosra hi tha
GG bhai tujhe kitne players se jalan hoti hai ?? 😂

— Shikhar 🚩 (@Cricketislife49) January 12, 2023

Apne se acche players ki respect karliya kar GG bhai

— Shikhar 🚩 (@Cricketislife49) January 12, 2023

Gambhir never agree with himself so why should we agree with him? 🤔

— Sheikh Zada 🇵🇸 (@SheikhZada27) January 12, 2023

Ye kya logic hua yrr ??!!!
Rohit Sharma is a great player but ponting is something different categories , he has 71 hundred in international cricket .

— Darshan (@Darshan1601) January 12, 2023

Don't take it seriously we know them nowadays. It's not gambhir fault,you know he is from bgp

— Nazia Sheikh (@n_sheikh007) January 12, 2023

Gautam gambhir is licking the boots of Rohit sharma

— Kohli.world18 (@sakethking18) January 12, 2023

Gautam bhaiya kab tak Vada Pav ko back karoge

— Cric Wizard (@CricWizz_13579) January 13, 2023

Rohit ki chaatna band kab karega Gambhir

— Cricket Updates (@Cricket23002283) January 13, 2023