Unceremonious Exit

Does making Dravid the captain for Indian test cricket squad ring alarm bells for "Dada" for an unceremonious exit, is a big debate among the cricket enthusiasts.

Although I am not a thorough follower of the cricket news and the events, two things sounded very obvious to me about Sourav's captaincy style. The first one is Sourav's repeated failure to lead the team by example as far as his batting performance is concerned, which I think has hit rock bottom level and started to dig for newer depths. Secondly, his body language, it conveyed arrogance, unhappiness, a feeling that he is above and hence no synergy with the team members.

Though these were my observations, they seem to be corroborated with the news items that I have read about him after the recent imbroglio between Chappel and Ganguly. That he adopts divide and rule policy, doesn't have cordial relation with Sachin, doesn't attend practice sessions and fakes injuries, seem to perfectly suit and thereby corroborate my deductions of his performance and body language. By the way there is a website by name www.Ihateganguly.com, which basically is a forum for all those people who wanted the prince of Kolkata out of Indian cricket.

Looks like Sourav's tennis elbow has given a new beginning to Indian cricket through Dravid's captaincy. I wouldn't be overwhelmed by the recent series win against Srilanka and I guess the real test for anything in this world is predictability and consistency and Indian team has miles to go to achieve that. If Dravid’s captaincy can achieve that, none of us would have anything else to ask for.