London: Team India regular captain Sourav Ganguly, who blazed back to form with a sparkling 142 for Glamorgan versus Kent Friday, said his county should now “keep backing the youngsters”.

The BBC quoted Sourav as saying: “We must make them (the youngsters) believe that they’re good enough to do well.”

Sourav scored 69 and a superb century in Cardiff, but the Welsh county still lost by 10 wickets to slump to their sixth defeat in seven championship games.

“The team hasn’t played well, batting and bowling were bad,” Sourav said.

Sourav conceded that it would be difficult to avoid relegation from the championship. But he said he had the confidence that the players had it in them to stem the rot.

Pathan injured

Meanwhile, Irfan Pathan has a shoulder injury and he might not play for Middlesex next week. “Irfan Pathan has a shoulder injury? he could be struggling to play next week,” captain Ben Hutton said after the match on Saturday. (PTI)