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sourav should come at number three in tests also
by p.s.sarath chandra on Aug 06, 2005 07:04 AM

from the time sourav was appointed as captain of team india i am convinced about his abilities.i am of the firm opinion that he should remain as captain as long as possible.the main plight of indian cricket is that captains are made scapegoats for their team members performance.when sorav was leading india recently and on a losing note everyboby wants to sackhim from captains role.
here i am revealing an open secret about indian cricket.even if you bring stephen flemming or ponting or imran khan or steve waugh or any other great schrewd captain he would not last long.on the otherhand if you make balaji or zaheer or raina or any indian player as captain of australia they will become one of the most successful captainever in the history of cricket.
the main reason is, in other countries especially in australia each and every players knows his role veryclear and how to do it.there is no need of others telling them repeatedly.this makes captains role very easy and he can concentrate on his batting or bowlinb or keeping and teams strategy.but in souravs case he has been worrying for entire teams performance and that has been affecting his

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