Ganguly played a supporting role for Sehwag early in his India career

Ganguly, 33, has not played for his country since the third Test against Pakistan in Karachi in February.

"Sometimes we miss Ganguly. He is still playing first-class cricket and hopefully he will get a chance again.

"He has 10,000 one-day runs and 5,000 Test runs. India won most of the time he got a hundred - he is a fantastic player," Sehwag explained.

"He supported me a lot. He backed Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Ajit Agarkar and Mohammad Kaif."

Ganguly has been in and out of the team since a row with coach Greg Chappell during the tour of Zimbabwe last September.

Former Australia captain Chappell has come in for criticism in the Indian media for being too heavy-handed with his players but Sehwag has defended his style.

"He's not a control freak. As the coach he is the head of the family," the 27-year-old explained.

"He can instruct you and guide you but he is not forcing us to do anything. I do not think he controls the players too much.

"Someone who has been aggressive in his batting is also aggressive in his coaching."