BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has revealed the name of five Indian players named from the current squad whom he would’ve picked in his Test team as well. In 2000, the Indian cricket was going through a rough patch of the match-fixing scandal, and then Ganguly was appointed as the Indian skipper. As soon as the left-handed batsman received the captaincy reins, he wasted no time in grooming young talent. 

Ganguly, who is celebrating his 48th birthday on Wednesday, was recently involved in a chat session with the Indian opener, Mayank Agarwal. It was then the former skipper was asked to choose five players he would have wanted in his Test squad.

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In a video on BCCI.tv, Sourav can be heard saying, “It’s a very tough question, Mayank, because I feel every generation the players are different, players face challenges differently in different generations, pitches, quality of opposition. From your current team, I would have loved to have Virat Kohli in the side, Rohit Sharma in the side.”

He further added, “I will go for (Jasprit) Bumrah because I had Zaheer (Khan) at the other end. I would also go for Mohammed Shami after Javagal Srinath retired because I think Mohammed Shami is a fantastic bowler. So I’ve got Rohit, I’ve got Virat, I’ve got Bumrah, I’ve got Shami, so I’ve got four. I had Harbhajan (Singh) and Anil Kumble in my side, so (R) Ashwin would be my third spinner. I would be very tempted to have Ravindra Jadeja also.”

The veteran southpaw made his Test debut against England in the summer of 1996 and immediately became the talk of the town when he scored a century in his maiden Test at Lord’s.

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The 48-year-old Ganguly had guided India to the finals of the 2003 World Cup and the Indian team perished during the summit clash against Australia.