After Dropping His 'Healthy' Oil Ads, Adani Group Says Won't Dump Sourav Ganguly

Even as Sourav Ganguly recovers from a heart surgery in a Kolkata hospital, Adani Wilmar has stopped all advertisements where the former Indian cricket captain is seen endorsing a well-known brand of a healthy cooking oil.

According to media reports, the Adani group, that markets the 'heart healthy oil' under the brand name Fortune, has stopped all ads that shows Ganguly promoting it.

"We have only taken a temporary break in our TV commercial till we again sit with Sourav and take things forward. This is a very unfortunate incident and can happen with anyone," said Angshu Mallick, Deputy CEO, Adani Wilmar Ltd, on Tuesday evening.

Sourav Ganguly is currently recovering at a Kolkata hospital after undergoing a heart procedure on Sunday. It has been detected that three arteries of the 48-year-old superstar were blocked by over 70 percent.

Ganguly has received one stent in one of the arteries. How to handle the other two will be decided by a medical board and his family once the famous cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty meet the BCCI president on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, a medical bulletin released by the Woodland Hospital in Tuesday morning said that Ganguly was doing well. He will be released on Wednesday.

With his several endorsemets running into crores, Sourav Ganguly has made headlines for the wrong reasons in recent times. Ganguly has been questioned for conflict of interest and ethics for endorsing a fantasy cricket app.

Ganguly had defended himself that his endorsements were his personal business and had nothing to do with BCCI.

Adani's decision to drop the healthy oil ad featuring Ganguly came in the wake of trolls in the social media.

"There are several factors which affect heart ailments including dietary and hereditary issues. We shall continue to work with Sourav and he will continue to be our brand ambassador,"  Mallick added.