It is only In India SUCH" idol worship is "IN", As u have correctly commented he surely wud have struggled to have found a place in any other country's team based on his form not now for the last 3 years at least if not more. He may be one of the greatest batsmen to have played cricket for India, even at the cost of counterattacks and reprimand for the comment, it wont be overstatement to say that he has miserably failed India when it really mattered in the last few years when he was clearly found to have lost most traits of his greatness of abilites and fluency. That is purely 'coz his natural wear and tear and also 'coz he is one of the most nervous players u might have ever seen. Sure billions always had large expectations from this great lad but the delivery has failed his efforts at most of the times. Not that he is not playting well but then it is the law of average than anything else. Many capable players r waiting in the wings to take his place. he is clearly past his prime. Perhaps he has grown much bigger than the game itself and his exit has become overdue for long
