Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly is not so worried about Ajinkya Rahane’s form ahead of a big South Africa series.

Indian Test vice-captain was not in good flow throughout the Sri Lanka Test series and managed only 17 runs in his five outings during the series.

“No, I don’t think Ajinkya Rahane’s form is a concern as he is a quality player. Virat Kohli, Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay have all been to South Africa. The best thing is that they are going back to South Africa as better players,” Ganguly quoted to PTI.

The southpaw looked impressed with the bowling line up, but he is waiting to watch them in South Africa.

“We will find out if this is the best bowling attack or not. They have got pace for sure. Umesh has pace, Bhuvneshwar is in good form, so let’s wait,” he added.

Meanwhile, the former opener has a different point of view for Hardik Pandya’s selection in the playing XI. “You will not realize till you give Hardik a chance. Depends on how you want to go about it,” he said.

“Rohit Sharma did well in the two chances that he got. If it’s a flat track, maybe we should have that extra fast bowler in the XI but if it’s a green top, we should definitely have an extra batsman.”

Talking about Indian opener’s headache, he told reporters “Shikhar Dhawan has been in such great form and Murali Vijay has also played well against Sri Lanka.”

Prince of Kolkata concluded while commenting on India’s chances to win their first Test series over there. “India is a good team but it won’t be easy that much I can tell you. If the batsmen put up runs on the board, this attack can get wickets,” he concluded.

India will start their South Africa visit with the first Test in Cape Town from January 5.