BCCI Presdient, Sourav Ganguly recently talked about India’s upcoming tour of Australia for a 4-match Test series which is scheduled to commence in December as he reckons that it will be difficult for Team India than 2018 when India demolished the Australian team in the absence of Steve Smith and David Warner.

However, Ganguly has a very strong belief in the Indian team. He said that India will need to score massive runs on the scoreboard as that was the key when his team triumphed in England, Australia, and Pakistan.

During a recent chat with Boria Majumdar on India Today, Ganguly said, “It’s going to be a tough series. It’s not going to be what it was in 2018 when they went. It’s going to be a strong Australia but our team is as good. We have the batting, we have the bowling. We just got to bat better. You know the best teams overseas, they bat well.”

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He further added, “When we were so successful away from home, in England, in Australia and in Pakistan, we were getting 400, 500 and 600 in Test matches.”

Sourav Ganguly also revealed that he refers to the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli as ‘chief’ and added that he has tremendous regard for the latter, along with Rohit Sharma and Jaspirt Bumrah. Dada said that he has expressed his expectations to Kohli. 

BCCI Presdeint elaborated, “I have said that to Virat also. I said ‘chief’, ‘because you’re Virat Kohli, your standards are high. When you walk to play, when you walk with your team, I, watching on TV, don’t expect you to just play well against Australia. I expect you to win. So for me, that is what it is. Because you have set the standards. It’s not anybody else. So you have to live up to the standards.”

Sourav Ganguly further said that the Australia series will be like a milestone for Virat Kohli and he has advised the latter to stay fit and ask his players, especially the pacer to do the same.

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Ganguly explained, “This will be a milestone series. I have been in touch with him, telling him ‘you have got to stay fit. You don’t want your fast bowlers to come back and get injured because they have been training. You have got to make sure your best bowlers are ready for the tour and fit. Whether it’s Shami, whether it’s Bumrah, whether it’s Ishant, whether it’s Pandya, they have to be at the top of their match fitness when they land in Australia.”