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NEWS Tri-Nation Tournament in Sri Lanka> Ganguly will make a comeback soon: Waugh 13th May 2005  19.35 IST By Agencies   For the third time in the last three days, former Australian skipper Stephen Rodger Waugh on Friday rallied behind the beleaguered Sourav Ganguly , who has been going through a prolonged bad patch with the bat. "Ganguly will make a comeback soon," he contended. While asserting that the six-ODI ban on Ganguly was not 'harsh', Waugh found fault with the Indian skipper's teammates for not alerting him about the slow over-rate. "I do not think action against Sourav is harsh, but the teammates also let him down by not making him alert on the slow over-rate," Waugh told newspersons after a meeting with West Bengal chief minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee at the state secretariat in Kolkata. Waugh said as captain, Ganguly should be aware of his responsibilities and ensure that his teammates followed the rules of the game. "There is a rule book and everybody is aware of the rules of the game. As captain and leader of the team he has also the responsibility to ensure that his team-mates abided by the rules." To another query, Waugh again expressed his preference for Tom Moody to take over as the new coach of the Indian team. "He is a professional and ambitious. He has a good fighting spirit. He is also a master in lifting the spirits of players," he said. Waugh, however, added: "I have nothing against (Greg) Chappell. He is also a good choice." Also View In-Depth Coverage: Tri-Nation Tournament in Sri Lanka Team Page: India

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