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Kolkata:<\/strong> India’s new batting maestro Virat Kohli<\/a>, who has already hit three hundreds in his four innings, is the ideal batsman to fill in the number three slot left by Rahul Dravid<\/a>, thinks <\/span>former skipper Sourav Ganguly<\/p>\n

Also, talking on the sidelines of the launch of a documentary on his cricketing career, ‘The Warrior Prince’, Ganguly mentioned that Kohli is the next big thing to have happened to Indian cricket.<\/p>\n

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Talking about Kohli’s mind blasting 148-ball 183 in their record win over Pakistan, Ganguly added that in his career of 22 years, he hadn\u2019t seen a better one day innings. <\/span>Ganguly also congratulated Sachin Tendulkar for completing 100 international centuries.<\/p>\n

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Ganguly felt nostalgic and talked about his debut Test hundred at Lord’s in the 1996 tour.<\/p>\n

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Asked about his ODI career-best 183 against Sri Lanka in the World Cup, Ganguly said the 97 he scored in his debut World Cup match had set the tone.<\/p>\n

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Ganguly went on to thank New Zealander coach John Wright for instilling the fitness mantra in Indian dressing room.<\/p>\n

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Ganguly also felt that the attitude changed the Indian cricket. A breed of players came in, who thought in alliance with the captain.<\/p>\n

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