Kolkata, June 14: 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.
'Cried a lot on my first day at school'
Ganguly who has been inducted to the BCCI's newly-constituted cricket advisory panel, refused to comment on the speculations of team director Ravi Shastri becoming the coach.
"I have no such report, when that happens we all will get to know," he said.
Inaugurating the Shemrock Global Wisdom, a pre-school in the city, Ganguly confessed of having cried on his first day at school.
"It reminds me of my pre-school days. Though I don't have much of memory but I remember I cried a lot on my first day at school," said Ganguly.
IANS