Australia vs India 2018-19: Sourav Ganguly Lauds Skipper Virat Kohli and India After Historic Win

Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian National Cricket team skipper, hailed the current side who scripted history Down Under beating Australia 2-1 in the four-match Test series. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli became the first-ever Indian skipper to lead an Indian team to a series win in Australia.

After 71 years and 12 attempts, India have finally managed to win a Test series Down Under, and Ganguly believes that this a significant achievement from the Indian team. The visitors won the first, and third Test and were in line to win the final fixture before rain played a spoilsport.

“Big achievement. India have been unlucky that the series didn’t end 3-1. Congratulations to the team and the support staff. It’s not easy to go to Australia and win and it’s a big achievement.”

“I hope the team goes forward from here and India win more series outside the subcontinent. Good teams play cricket to go outside and win. India had the opportunity and they on,” Ganguly said in IndiaTV’s show Cricket Ki Baat.

Virat Kohli’s leadership has helped young players grow

In addition to, Sourav Ganguly pointed out was how the captaincy of Virat Kohli has helped the young players play with confidence and how it will help them going forward.

“Captain is the most important in cricket and the captain’s fate and belief can make a player. This is Virat’s first win outside the subcontinent and like he said India can win anywhere from now on and India will get confidence from here. So, India will take a lot of it from this victory. So, this win was very important for India,” he added.

Furthermore, the former southpaw also picked Mayank Agarwal alongside Cheteshwar Pujara as the pick of the series. Rishabh Pant, who scored a brilliant hundred in Sydney, also earned a special mention from Sourav Ganguly.

India will remain in the top spot for a while

Sourav Ganguly also said that he feels India will continue to stay the No.1 Test side for a while as Kohli’s men will now play mostly at home and defeating India in India is extremely difficult.

“I feel this team will remain No.1 for a long time because now India will cricket at home as they have played outside the subcontinent for a while and now they will play at home and it will be really difficult for other teams to beat India at home,” Ganguly concluded.