Sourav Ganguly backs Gautam Gambhir for Team India coach role

MUMBAI: Former India captain and ex-BCCI president Sourav Ganguly says he will welcome Gautam Gambhir's selection as the new Indian coach, if indeed he has applied for the post.
"If he applies and wants it, he'll be a very good candidate. I'm in favour of an Indian coach. We have enormous high-skilled players who have done wonders for Indian cricket, and very rightfully they should be a part of the system.You can see his hunger and passion, I think he is a good candidate," said the Delhi Capitals director of cricket on Saturday.
'Virat and Rohit should open'
Looking forward to the T20 World Cup in the US and Caribbean, Ganguly feels the team should open the batting with two of its most experienced players. "I think Virat and Rohit both should open. Virat's been in tremendous touch as a player," Ganguly said. The former He India's chances to win the tournament are "very good," but only if they "play with freedom and without fear".
"Play without fear and just keep hitting. There is enormous talent, (this is) a team which has Kohli, Rohit, Surya, Pant, Dube, Pandya, Jadeja, Axar, Bumrah, Sanju," he said. "That's why I say everyone is capable of winning it for India and the only way they will do it is (if they) just play with freedom.
"Play with that extra batsman and hit from the first ball, hit till you have to defend (and) play like the last ball," he added.
For the game against Pakistan, Ganguly said he'd like to see India play two left-handers in the middle order to counter Pakistan's leg spinner (Shadab Khan) and left-arm spinner (Imad Wasim). He picked Dube as the perfect man for the occasion, "as he hits spin well".
With the newly opened Nassau County ground ready to stage its first T20I match at the World Cup, the conditions are still an enigma to most of the teams.
However, Ganguly thinks that the drop in pitches brought in from Adelaide will be "very good and batting friendly." And won't change much for the duration of the tournament.
He is also a big proponent of the IPL's Impact Player rule but thinks a few tweaks will make it less lopsided for the bowling teams.
"I like it, I think it should remain, but my only problem is that I want the grounds to be bigger. The other thing you can do is decide the impact player before the toss," Ganguly said.