Sourav Ganguly lauds India's Centurion Test victory: Not surprised at all, says BCCI president

India tour of South Africa: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said he is not surprised by India's dominant win in Centurion and said the Virat Kohli-led visiting side will be hard to beat in the remainder of the 3-Test series.

Former India captain and Board of Control for Cricket in India President, Sourav Ganguly lauded India on their victory over South Africa in the first Test at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Thursday. Ganguly, who has been hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19, said he was not surprised by the dominance that Virat Kohli-led Test team displayed in the Test series opener. Great victory for Team India ..not surprised by the result at all...will be a hard team to beat this series..South africa will have to play out of their skins to do that ..enjoy the new year @bcci

Virat Kohli became the first Asian captain to win a Test in Centurion as India hammered South Africa by 113 runs in the Boxing Day Test despite rain washing out a full day's play. KL Rahul's first-innings hundred and a fiery spell from the pace bowling unit led by Mohammed Shami helped India clinch a rare series lead in the Rainbow Nation.