‘Hope Gautam Gambhir is listening’: Sourav Ganguly sends message to India coach after Kolkata defeat

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has asked Gautam Gambhir, the country's current coach, to ignore the nature of the pitch and instead focus on helping the batsmen score big runs.

The 53-year-old believed that the current Indian team had won two Tests and drawn the series 2-2 in England a few months ago because they had scored runs.

Ganguly reaffirmed that India should strive to win Test matches in five days rather than three, and that they should try to play on more truer surfaces.

“Play on good wickets. I hope Gautam Gambhir is listening. He needs to take the wicket out of the game. Because if his batsmen are not putting up 350–400, he will not win Test matches. That’s the reason they won in England – because his batsmen put runs up on the board. He must play on good wickets. And trust his people. And win Test matches in 5 days. Not in 3 days,” Ganguly told NDTV.