India, March 18 -- Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has urged India's star batters to pull up their socks in Test cricket and get their individual averages higher, which would in turn help the team win more often in the longest format. Ganguly said that the fact that only Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal average more than 40 in Tests played away from home is a cause for concern.

"My only worry when I see them playing Test cricket is that other than Virat and Yashasvi, not many of them average more than 40 away from home," Ganguly said on RevSportz. Jaiswal, who has made waves of all kinds in his young career, has scored at 44.18 in the nine Tests he has played at home. Kohli, on the other hand, averages 41.51 in the 66 Tests he has pl...