With rare exception , mostly people's and Media's Definition of A good captain is when he wins and a bad captain is when he fails. There were times in back to back matches the Captain was called bad after a loss and Smart after winning in a span of one match. THe bottom line is even if a captain is astute, brilliant or smart he cannot be responsible if individual players do not take responsibility to see the game through. This is what has plagued Indian Cricket right through. Just go through the history of Indian Cricket and see how times when India should have won matches we have lost. "ONE" not the only , but "ONE" of the most common occurence has been that totally set batsmen just "gift" their wickets away, either because they complete their century, or they just lose their patience. I have said it earlier Australia wins matches because every player tries to play his game till the end. It is a simple concept which the media calls it hard. Sure Dravid did make bad calls. But which captain has not. Here it is blown out of proportion because of the world cup and its format. But to say that he is a bad captain based on the loose definiton of a good and bad catpain is ridiculous. IF Dravid had not stayed and continue playing his long innings with Pakistan and Australia would we have won those series????? So whoever was the Captain was a good captain in those series was a "Good" captain ?????
