<p>Former India captain <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/t20-world-cup-2024-play-freely-sourav-ganguly-advice-to-team-india-for-world-cup-23352219" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Sourav Ganguly</strong></a> reckons ex-India opener Gautam Gambhir, who mentored Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to their third IPL title, would be a &ldquo;good coach&rdquo; for Team India.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Ex-BCCI president Ganguly favoured the appointment of an Indian coach for the high-profile job. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<h2>&lsquo;You can see the hunger&rsquo; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</h2>
<p>&ldquo;If he has applied, Gambhir will be a good coach. He worked for KKR this year, I was with Delhi [Capitals]. You can see the hunger, the passion and the desire to win. I will be happy if he [Gambhir] applies and the board [BCCI] decides to give him the job. I think he is a good candidate,&rdquo; Ganguly said on the sidelines of an event organised by Blue Ocean Corporation at a suburban hotel on Saturday. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><img title="Sourav Ganguly. Pic/PTI" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2024/jun/sourav-pti-june_e.jpg" alt="Sourav Ganguly. Pic/PTI" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Sourav Ganguly. Pic/PTI</em></strong></p>
<p>Gambhir, 42, was part of MS Dhoni-led India&rsquo;s T20 World Cup-winning team in 2007 and also played a crucial knock of 97 in the 2011 ODI World Cup final in which India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the 50-over World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I am in favour of an Indian coach. We have enormous talent in our country, enormous [number of] high-skilled players who have done wonders for Indian cricket and very rightfully, they should be part of the system,&rdquo; Ganguly remarked. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Ganguly feels Rohit &amp; Co have a very good chance of winning the T20 World Cup in USA and West Indies, which began on Saturday. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;<br />&ldquo;India will have to play like a T20 team. Play with freedom, play without fear and just keep hitting. There is enormous talent and that&rsquo;s why I say, everyone is capable of winning it for India,&rdquo; he said.</p>
<h2>&lsquo;Kohli should open&rsquo;</h2>
<p>When mid-day asked him about who should open the innings with Rohit during the T20 World Cup, Ganguly said: &ldquo;Virat [Kohli] has been in tremendous touch in the IPL. He is a great player and I think they will open.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>India will start their campaign against Ireland at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on June 5.</p><p>
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