Whole team is responsible for defeat( if team wins everybody comes to forward to claim the credit) Winning or defeat in matches depends on performance of XI players. Irrespective of captain, coach, pitch, stretagy and conditions. Bangladesh and SL victory against India is best example.
batsman's job is to get runs, specially when team is in trouble in crucial match. Dravid relied on sahcin and ganguly both failed when team required their service. can only lead by example. which is what he demonstrated today by being the top scorerdravid as batsman scored runs in crucial matches when team required not only yesterday but in previous years when ganguly was captain. but where was the service of ganguly and sachin in yesterday's match when team is required.. ganguly and sachin dhoni, yuvraj failed yesterday when team required their service for crucial matA captain is as good as his teammates. It is upto individual players to decide that have to pplay for team or self If bowlers gave 27 extra runs and poor fielding, and ind bataman failed in imp match why should onlycaptain but all XI players should be blamed.?SL scored 113 runs in singles but team played only 43 overs and 106 dot balls. See the players who gone more dot balls in all 3 matches