Sourav Ganguly Backs Vinesh Phogat Ahead Of CAS Verdict, Says Wrestler Deserves ‘Silver At Least’

New Delhi: Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly expressed his advice for wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Sunday, declaring that she deserves as a minimal a silver medal for making it to the 50kg freestyle final at the Paris Olympics.

The 29-12 months-ancient Vinesh Phogat became disqualified from the gold-medal bout after being a hundred grams overweight internal the morning weigh-in, shattering her Olympic desires. This setback led her to announce her retirement from wrestling.

“I don’t have in mind of the factual rule, alternatively I’m positive that as soon as she reached the finals, she ought to have qualified accurate,” Ganguly told reporters when asked for his opinion on the count on the sidelines of the Kolkata Food Pageant tremendous good here.

“So in case you go to the finals, it’s either a gold or silver medal. No topic even if she became disqualified wrongfully or no longer, I don’t have in mind of, alternatively she deserves the silver medal as a minimal,” he launched.

Vinesh Phogat has filed an enchantment with the Court docket of Arbitration for Things to do (CAS), soliciting for that she be granted a joint silver medal with Cuban wrestler Yusneylis Guzman Lopez. Lopez, who before everything lost to Phogat, became promoted to essentially the most just good after Phogat’s disqualification.

American wrestler Sarah Hildebrandt at most tremendous claimed the gold medal by capacity of defeating Lopez internal essentially the most just good.

The replacement on Vinesh’s enchantment is anticipated to come on August 13.

Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar also voiced his advice to Vinesh Phogat, highlighting the disqualification of the Indian wrestler, “defied common sense and carrying devoid of doubt imagine”, and asked for coverage policies to be revisited.