"I was quite happy to get my hundred here. I wanted to do something special before my home crowd and I went out there knowing it was important to get a good start," Ganga told reporters after he followed up his maiden century (113) in the Guyana first Test with a stroke-filled 117 yesterday.

"I always knew that I had the ability and I had the capability of scoring runs at this level but it was just that I didn't really get any sort of big scores, any hundreds behind my name," Ganga remarked.

"I had a couple fifties but I had been scoring consistently recently. That first hundred in Guyana did a whole lot of good to my confidence and I was able to carry on today (yesterday) again," noted the 24-year-old Ganga.

"Batting in Guyana, I had a chance to feel out the Australian opposition. I knew what the spinners were basically doing and the seamers as well as.

“That gave me the confidence to play a little more aggressive against them," Ganga said about his attacking batting on his Queen's Park home pitch.

He admitted playing outside the Caribbean was far more challenging.

"You get accustomed to different conditions. At home, you start playing your cricket in the Caribbean and when you go abroad, the conditions are a bit different.

"We were in situations where we played against very tough opposition and I think it was important with me now (since) I've played 17 Test matches abroad and it was the first one in Guyana.

"I have developed as a player and you are beginning to see that sort of development transformed into bigger scores," added Ganga.

He noted his early exposure into the Test arena on the tour of South Africa, four years ago, has proved to be beneficial for him.

"I would not say, I was not quite ready (for Test cricket). That sort of decision is beginning to reap the rewards. It has made me a much tougher player. It has developed me. It has developed my character, everything," asserted Ganga.

"I am grateful for that opportunity and now you are beginning to see the fruits of that labour," Ganga added.

Reflecting on his innings, Ganga said he got good support from captain Brian Lara and the rest of the batsmen.

"I think it was wonderful. It's a pity I didn't carry on but given the situation that we are in, we are a bit happy with things," he said.

"Scoring a hundred for any batsman is going to give you confidence. I've been scoring consistently throughout the first-class season and I just carried it on to the Australian series.