Media should not blame the cricketer. Instead India played better if you see the statistics of Rahul's captainship outside the subcontinent(India, Srilanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh). Match played=17, won=5, lost=11, no result=1 Winning ratio=29.4% In the world cup India played better with winning ratio=33.3%. At the time of Ganguly's captainship (in 85 matches )India won nearly 51% match outside the subcontinent.