Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly has come in support of Virat Kohli in saying that India needs more time to prepare for a tour of South Africa.

On Thursday, during a press conference, Kohli had said that he was making specific demands for tracks so as to prepare for the forthcoming South Africa tour, his second full tour as skipper of India in all formats and first outside Asia.

During the India today Conclave East, Ganguly said, “He (Kohli) was talking about scheduling of cricket which is so correct. You got to give teams time to prepare when they go to South Africa.”

Ganguly was one of the most successful Indian skippers in away conditions.  It was under his captaincy when India shook off the tag of being lions at home and kittens away.
Once Sourav and Sachin Tendulkar were one of the most destructive opening pairs in the world.

Talking about Virat surpassing Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI hundreds, Ganguly said, “Virat will get very close to Sachin’s ODI hundreds which is 49. He is already 32. He will get close to that. He has got to stay fit. When I was playing, from 1996-2003, I had 22 ODI hundreds in 7 years. I see that with Kohli as well. He has got 30 odd in about nine years. It gets tougher with age. It got tougher for Sachin, it got tougher for me, it will get tougher for Virat Kohli.”