Prince of Calcutta, Sourav Ganguly has lot of belief in new Test cricket entrants Afghanistan. Dada believes they should not deter themselves after the humiliating defeat against India at Bengaluru. The visitors lost 20 wickets in a single day losing their first ever Test match by an innings and 262 runs.

Shikhar Dhawan welcomed visitors with brute hitting and scored an astonishing ton in no time. With all the built up and praise leading to the big event, Rashid Khan and his spin colleagues had to face severe failure. They looked ordinary and were easily tackled by Indian batsman.

India scored 474 runs in first innings and reduced Asghar Stanikzai led side twice in a single day. The spin twin adjoined to demolish the predominantly aggressive Afghan team to 109 in 1st innings and following on they perished to another disappointing 103 runs.

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Former Indian captain, Sourav Ganguly aka Dada showed his support to the enthusiastic new born Afghanistan team. He feels they will get better and better with more matches. It is obviously a tedious task to encounter team India in their own backyard. Many world class teams have failed to do so. India showed sheer dominance and at the same time greeted Afghanistan with warmth. The only positive for the visitors was experience that they gained from this memorable encounter.

Sourav ganguly also perceives that Afghanistan lacked application and only color of their clothes had changed. They were still in limited overs mode. They lacked footwork in initial stages when fast bowlers were in full throttle. Batsman seemed to play full deliveries with body weight majorly on back foot which is highly inappropriate while playing Test cricket.

Teams like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe had similar issues when they stepped on International Test circuit. There is no reason for the talented Afghan team to get disheartened.