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Virat Kohli happy to work closely with BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly

By Saurabh Sharma November 24, 2019 • 23:19 PM View: 1223

Kolkata, Nov 24: India captain Virat Kohli put his weight firmly behind Test cricket on Sunday, saying there needs to be proper marketing of the traditional format like white ball cricket, and Test specialists need to be awarded with central contracts.

Kohli also said that BCCI Pesident Sourav Ganguly is totally in sync with him and under his leadership, Indian cricket will see "lot more positive changes which will be cricket specific."

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