India need to find the magic formula to regain form - Ganguly

India were letting everyone down, the side's beleaguered captain Sourav Ganguly said today after his side lost the National Bank Series to New Zealand who took an unbeatable 4-0 lead at Queenstown.

The Indians lost another poor encounter by seven wickets, as New Zealand took only 25.4 overs to reach their target of 122, a score India took 43.4 overs to score.

"We're letting the team down, we're letting our coach down, the physio down, the trainer down, the people back home down and the people who come to watch us play," he said.

The side was very poor and needed to find some way to stop the rot in the next three games.

"It was a great one-day wicket.

"We are in very, very poor form," he said.

The run of losses was the worst since he had taken over as captain of the side.

He was hopeful that the run would not continue into the World Cup, because it was a new tournament in new conditions and likely to result in a different response from the players.

Ganguly explained that the change of wicket-keeper from Rahul Dravid to teenager Parthiv Patel who made his one-day debut in the game was an attempt to avoid losing wickets early. Dravid opened the innings with Virender Sehwag and they did give the side their best start of the tournament with 38 runs.

But the other batsmen had failed badly.

They had got in but in their need to start playing shots to get runs on the board they were getting out.

By contrast, New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming said that while the win had been very comprehensive the feeling in the dressing room afterwards had been fairly flat.

The side was delighted but not really satisfied.

Fleming who had his best score of the season with 47 runs said it had been pleasing to spend time in the middle but he still had work to do.

New Zealand would be looking to maintain their dominance over the tourists by having the side's bowlers continuing to put the ball in the areas that make the Indians uncomfortable.

India would be demoralised and coming back would be tough for them, but New Zealand's main concern was going to South Africa with good form under their belts. That might mean New Zealand, if they win the toss in future games, could look to bat first in order to get more batting time.

Andre Adams was the man of the match, and his performance of taking five for 22 was an encouraging return to international play for him.

He said he hadn't bowled as well as he should have. His back, he said, still wavered a little and his timing and rhythm was not quite right but it was just a case of getting overs under his belt.