Who should be leading Team India??

There has been a lot of discussion on the bloggers world about who should be the next captain for Team India. Well before naming anyone let us chalk out what qualities a captain should possess to lead the team successfully.

1. In modern cricket, Australia has proven time and again that aggressiveness is the key to success - bash the opposition into submission. So we need a captain who is aggressive and not submissive.
2. The captain has to lead the team and so it is crucial that the team should respect and follow the instructions of their leader. So we need a captain who is authoritative.
3. A good leader is one who could take all blame onto himself – on occasions of team failure, but give up the credit to the team on success. So we need a captain who is unaffected by criticisms.
4. Also a leader should possess good experience and talent so that he can make quick decisions at crucial moments. So we need a captain who has good old cricketing experience.
5. Finally a good leader should have the ability to be a savior for the team in times of crisis. So we need a captain whose ability (batting/bowling) could be trusted.

Now let us pick the name one by one from the Team India to see who qualifies the majority of this qualities and who should be the right candidate for captaincy.

Sachin Tendulkar
He lacks the aggression; he is submissive in nature, he lacks the fury, he is furious with bat but not with his body language or expression and so loses on point # 1 above.
Now, although the team may follow his orders because of his seniority in the team but then he is not very authoritative, he is just cute and so loses on point #2 also.
He had faced criticisms in the past when he wore the hat of captaincy and his batting performance detoriated, he immediately opted to give away the captaincy and got himself free from that extra burden and so loses on point # 3 also.
No doubt he has got a good talent and experience and so scores high on point # 4.
He is a great batsman and I do not doubt his batting abilities but he had never played an inning when India needed the most, he is not a savior like inzy and so he scores low in point # 5.

Virendra Sehwag
Sehwag shares the same stand as Tendulkar for point # 1.
He is not so senior member of the team and so the team may face ego problem following his orders, he is easy going friendly chap and not very authoritative by nature.
He is obviously the best member in the team who is untouched by criticisms. All he cares about is to score runs and cares not for what the world talks about his batting style or his ability to “Kar Le Duniya Mutthi Mai”
He has the talent and is no doubt a savior for Team India.

Rahul Dravid
No need to mention much about this genius in the cricket world, who has built his credentials to score second after great Don Bradman, by his sheer hard work and consistency in performance. He aptly scores high on points 2 though 5 but he lacks aggression. No doubt he is the strong contender for Ganguly.
But by doing so, are we not simply relying too much and putting up too much responsibilities on this poor chap. The good team is one which can share the responsibilities equally. Already he had been dumped with the role of Wicket Keeper, making him the captain will be too much a burden for him to carry.

Saurav Ganguly
Finally this is the man of discussion. He is without any doubt the most aggressive player India had ever had, not only when he is batting but during fielding or for the matter of fact even when he is in the pavilion watching his team play to victory. He would go out with unconditional support for his team members and would do his best to boost the morale of his players. If he wins a match he distributes the credit to all, but when he loses any he eats all the blame. He certainly scores very high on point # 1-4 but loses badly on point 5. Yes, he is not a savior. You cannot expect him to snatch the match away to victory all on his own. But he is all ready to stand and provide full support and boost one’s morale to make the team come together and snatch the match away to victory.
I don't wanna say anymore read my heart here the writer has penned the story very nicely.

By these statistics we are left with only two in the entire team India who is best suited for taking up the captaincy – Dravid or Ganguly. I do not support for the former for the reasons explained above and so the only choice left with is Ganguly. I do agree that off late he has not performed well with the bat, but that is not enough the reason to remove him the captaincy. It is just not his season. Have patience, give the poor chap some time and he will definitely rise victorious. He had proven his credit in the past and I am sure he will do so in the future as well.