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Ganguly said he doesn't now what is in Dhoni's mind but promised that a player of his stature will be accorded respect.
Mumbai all-rounder Shivam Dube too is tipped to make it to the Indian squad in the absence of seam-bowling all-rounder Hardik Pandya who is recuperating after a back surgery.
Ganguly was officially entrusted with the task of heading Indian cricket for the next nine months at the BCCI's General Body meeting in Mumbai, ending a tumultuous 33-month reign of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators.
Kohli's men lead the World Test Championship table but India have not won any global tournament since lifting the 2013 Champions Trophy under Dhoni.
The South African opener injured his wrist after he lashed out in frustration at his own performance in the second Test in Pune.
South Africa were all out for 132 in their second innings as the final two wickets taken by Shahbaz Nadeem fell without adding any runs to the overnight total.
Ranchi's most popular son was expected to turn up during the third Test, which ended with India winning by an innings and 202 runs, and he did, but only after the formalities had been completed by Virat Kohli and his men.
India had two innings wins in three Test matches and have now won 11 successive series at home.
Rohit Sharma smashed his third century of the series and combined with Ajinkya Rahane to lift India to 224/3 before bad light forced an early end to the opening day's proceedings in the final Test.
India are unlikely to make any change to their playing XI while the Proteas might bring in an extra pacer to make early inroads into the strong Indian batting line-up.
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