8216;I8217;ve been rewarded for consistent performances8217;

The left hander agreed Yuvraj was strongly pushing for a place in the team after his match-winning performances in the ODIs and Twenty20 World Cup but said at the highest level of sports it was always like that.

8220;Yuvraj is pushing for a place but at this level of sports someone will always be knocking at the door for a place. And that8217;s how it should be. When me and Rahul Dravid were young we also were knocking at the door with seniors like Navjot Singh Sidhu, Ravi Shastri and others in the team.

8220;It is good because it keeps you on your toes. It is a process and it goes on,8221; he added.

Ganguly rated India8217;s performance as good on the 8216;typical Kotla8217; wicket on the first day of the Test.

8220;We bowled in right areas and closing the day at 210 for 8 at the typical Kotla wicket was good.8221;

Asked if there was anything wrong with the Indian bowlers as Pakistan were 142 or 8 and went on to cross the 200 mark, Ganguly gave credit to the ninth wicket partnership between Misbah-ul Haq 71 and Mohammad Sami 20.