Ganguly backs Kohli for preferring Rohit over Pujara

 Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday defended Test skipper Virat Kohli’s call to play Rohit Sharma ahead of Cheteshwar Pujara in the ongoing one-off Test match against Bangladesh in Fatullah.

“Virat wants to play five bowlers and in that case you have to sacrifice a batsman. Rohit played at number three in the last Test match in Sydney. Going by the form, it is fine,” Ganguly said on the sidelines of an event here.

Going in the Test with five bowlers – pace trio of Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ishant Sharma and the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Harbhajan Singh – Kohli opted for Rohit instead of regular No. 3 Pujara. read  more