Virat Kohli's decision to miss the Afghanistan Test and play county cricket instead has not gone down well with everyone. Fingers have been pointed at Kohli for not giving priority to Test cricket for the country. However, former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has come out in support of Kohli and has backed his decision to skip the Afghanistan Test. He showed admiration for his passion to win in England and asserted that captain’s potential must be judged on the team’s performance overseas. 

Ajinkya Rahane has been given the responsibility to lead the Test side against Afghanistan but he did not find a place in ODI and T20I squads for the tour of England. Ganguly was surprised to see Rahane's exclusion from the limited overs squad and insisted that he is a quality player and should have been included in the team.  

BCCI has maintained its stand of not playing Day-Night Test by ruling out the possibility of a pink ball Test in Australia. However, Ganguly termed pink-ball Tests as the future of Test cricket, which the country will have to embrace someday. India and Bangladesh are the only two nations who have not supported the concept of pink-ball cricket. They both have avoided playing pink-ball cricket all together. But Ganguly felt that the Indian team has the potential to win a day/night Test.

"Day/Night Test is the way forward. Every country has to play Day-Night Test. India has reservations but that's a long term future for Test cricket," Ganguly said.