Indian cricket chief Sourav Ganguly left hospital on Thursday as a cooking oil company withdrew adverts featuring him because of the heart attack he suffered.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of youths gathered outside the hospital as the 48-year-old walked out accompanied by his wife Dona.<\/p>\n
\"I am absolutely fine and hope that I will resume my work soon,\" the Board of Control for Cricket in India president and former national captain told reporters.<\/p>\n
\"I also hope to fly soon,\" he added.<\/p>\n
Ganguly suffered a heart attack while working out in a gym on Saturday and was rushed to hospital where he underwent an angioplasty operation.<\/p>\n
\"His heart today is as strong as it was when Sourav was 20 years old,\" cardiac surgeon Devi Shetty told reporters.<\/p>\n
\"Sourav can participate in a marathon, fly a plane, or even get back to cricket if he wants without this event being any setback.\"<\/p>\n
But a series of cooking oil adverts featuring the cricket icon have been pulled off the air because of the incident. Ganguly says in the adverts that the oils are \"heart healthy\".<\/p>\n
Social media users accused the oil brand Adani Wilmar, co-owned by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, of making false claims through a cricket hero.<\/p>\n
The company said it was \"a very unfortunate incident and can happen with anyone\" as they confirmed a halt in the commercials.<\/p>\n
\"The ricebran oil is not a medicine but only a cooking oil. There are several factors which affect heart ailments including dietary and hereditary issues,\" Angshu Mallick, Adani Wilmar chief executive, said in statement.<\/p>\n
\"We shall continue to work with Sourav and he will continue to be our brand ambassador. We have only taken a temporary break in our TV commercial until we again sit with Sourav and take things forward.\"<\/p>\n
Ganguly retired from Test cricket in 2008 having scored 7,212 runs including 16 centuries. He also scored 11,363 runs in 311 one-day internationals.<\/p>\n
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