Wellington: Beleaguered Indian captain Saurav Ganguly on Monday received the backing of his coach John Wright who said he had no doubt that the stylish left-hander would lead from the front in the remaining matches of the New Zealand tour.

"Saurav will be fine. Being the captain of India is a tough job and we're all under pressure. We haven't had a run like this before.

"It's a difficult time for a captain when things are not working for you. I think you'll find he'll be opening the batting in Wellington (venue for fifth One-dayer), leading from the front," Wright said.

Ganguly failed to contribute much with the bat scoring just 29 runs from four innings in the two-match Test series against New Zealand and he followed it up with a sequence of low-scores - 14, 0, 4, 2 - in the first four One-dayers of the seven- match Limited Overs series.

"It's up to the coach and the captain to supply some leadership and the players have to go out there and fight. That's one of the things which has helped us in the past year," the Indian coach said.

Wright said he hoped for a turnaround in India's fortune when Sachin Tendulkar returns to the side for the fifth One-dayer.

"The return of Tendulkar will clearly help. We can turn things around in the next few days," he said.

Tendulkar, world's leading scorer in the shorter version of the game with 11,544 runs, is likely to play on Wednesday after missing the first four matches due to a twisted right ankle.

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