‘Bhai tujhe kitne players se jalan hoti hai’ - Fans explode as Gautam Gambhir calls Ricky Ponting, s***, says Rohit Sharma is better

Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir came under attack by several cricket fans on social media for describing Rohit Sharma as a better player than Ricky Ponting. Rohit is just one century behind Ponting's century tally in ODIs. Despite this, team India's former World Cup winner Gambhir believes that Rohit is better than Ponting. After his statement, the fans have been reminding him of his comment, which he made comparing Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.

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“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.

It may be noted that Rohit Sharma scored 29 centuries in 237 ODIs. At the same time, Ricky Ponting has scored 30 centuries in 375 matches. Rohit Sharma scored 19 centuries between 2017 and 2020 as an opener. It also includes 5 centuries scored in the ODI World Cup played in England in the year 2019.

You cannot compare Virat and Sachin: Gautam Gambhir

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Earlier on January 10, Kohli scored his 45^th ODI century against Sri Lanka. After this century, the comparison between Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli started once again. Describing this comparison as meaningless, Gambhir said, "You cannot compare Virat with Sachin. In Sachin's era, there were not five players in the 30 yards circle.”\

However, since January 2020, Rohit Sharma has not scored any century. Rohit Sharma was in his form throughout the World Cup tournament except for the semi-final match. He was the highest run scorer for India. However, India lost to New Zealand in the semi-finals.

Average-wise there isn't much of a difference between Rohit and Ponting. The former Australia No.3 averages 41 in ODIs played in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. But there is a drastic difference in his centuries column. Ponting has only six centuries in the subcontinent out of his 30. Rohit, on the other hand, has an even spread of centuries. Outside the subcontinent, he has 13 ODI hundreds and averages 47, only one less than his overall career average.

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Here's how fans reacted:

Gambhir has officially lost his marbles. Ricky is an all time great. His record in Asia is very good

— Karan Bakshi (@bakshikaran91) January 12, 2023

Bhai koi isse batao Rohit ka record bhi acha nhi subcontinent me ma sewaye India ke
In Pakistan 29
Sri Lanka 25
Bangladesh 34
India 59

— Muhammad Waseem yousafzai (@waseemeditx1) January 12, 2023

Pura pagal ho gaya h ea 🤣🤣🤭
Kaha Ricky ponting or kaha Rohit Sharma

— khushbu Singh (@khushbu09978895) January 12, 2023

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

— Shikhar 🚩 (@Cricketislife49) January 12, 2023

Yeh gadhaa hai klal toh bolra tha sachin kohli ko cpare ni kar saktey .ab kya ahuaa

— Kailash Rawat (@BlueJerseyIND) January 12, 2023

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

Shame on Gautam Gambhir for using this language for Australian legend Ricky Ponting

— 🇮🇳Virat Dhoni Empire🇮🇳 (@ViratDhoni88) January 12, 2023

I think GG needs to look at the stats again

— S (@s019013) January 12, 2023

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— Diwakar Khatiwada (@DiwakarKhatiwa7) January 12, 2023