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NEWS Cricket World Cup 2007>Ganguly supports inclusion of smaller teams in World Cup 24th Feb 2007 22.26 IST By Agencies Sourav Ganguly today supported the inclusion of little known sides in the World Cup, saying that the experience of playing against stronger teams would put them in good stead. "It is the duty of stronger teams to support these teams to do better. If you do not play against these teams, they will not get exposure," Ganguly told newspersons in Kolkata.
"I don't think so. We are playing these teams only in the preliminaries," he replied. Ganguly said India too had gone through the same stages of development as these sides taking part in the coming World Cup. "We (India) also went through such phases when we started," he said. Ganguly also felt that the established sides would not be lacking in motivation when they square up against the minnows. "The event World Cup itself is enough to get motivated," he said. Ganguly expressed confidence that India would do well in the World Cup. "We have chances of performing well. We have a good team. We were in great form in the home series opposite the West Indies and Sri Lanka. But what you do in these six or seven games is important." Asked about the injury to Irfan Pathan , Ganguly said, "From the media I got to know there is a bit of a question mark on Irfan Pathan. Hope he gets through. We need him." Asked about the injury problems faced by Australia, he said in a lighter vein, "We won't mind their niggles." On Brett Lee missing the World Cup, Ganguly said, "He is their strike bowler. Obviously Australia will be affected." Also View In-Depth Coverage: Cricket World Cup 2007 Team Page: India Team Page: West Indies | LIVE CRICKET COVERAGE NEWS ~ Gilchrist has no plans to retire after World Cup ~ Ganguly's new batting approach may cost him sixer record ~ India 'squash the Orange' in World Cup warm-up game ~ Symonds gets a new hairdo for World Cup ~ Dhoni readies himself for stand-up act at World Cup (more in NEWS) FACE-TO-FACE ~ 500-mark a possibility in World Cup: Hayden ~ Minnows add charm to World Cup: Dravid (more in FACE-TO-FACE) COLUMNS ~ Will Sri Lanka replicate 1996 World Cup success? (more in COLUMNS) OFF-THE-FIELD ~ Ganguly again the darling of corporate world ~ Ganguly roped in as brand ambassador of Puma (more in OFF-THE-FIELD) PLAYERS Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble (more PLAYERS) TEAMS India, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, West Indies, Zimbabwe, England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Kenya, Holland | 
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