New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Sourav Ganguly finds it extremely baffling that Ajinkya Rahane has been handed Test vice captaincy after spending nearly 18 months on the sidelines as the former India skipper demanded “consistency and continuity” in the selection process.

Rahane, 35, was out of favour for one-and-a-half years but was India’s best batter in the World Test Championship final against Australia, with scores of 89 and 46 at the Oval, earlier this month.

Just one Test old after making a come back, the national selection committee headed by interim chief Shiv Sunder Das re-appointed Rahane as Rohit Sharma’s deputy for the West Indies Test series.

So was it not ideal to groom someone like Shubman Gill for the role? “Yeah I think so,” Ganguly told

Source: PTI News