Following are some of the virtues a captain should have;
1. Should be a lucky one 2. Best Cricketing brain 3. Allrounder of high calibre 4. Best judge of pitch and other conditions 5. Shrewd, knowing strengths and weaknesses of opposition and own team 6. Attacking, leading from the front 7. Best motivator, mentor, respectable 8. Ready to take the full responsibility of failures
RE:Virtues of good captain
by my message on Nov 06, 2007 04:32 PM Permalink
You forgot : 1) Withstand pressure from the BCCI. 2) Withstand pressure from the other Senior players of the team. 3) Perform well with any team that the BCCI selects. 4) Do not question selectors, especially the Chief Selector. More so if he happens to be from Mumbai. 5) Accept the dicktats of the BCCI, even if you have always been a team man. 6) Accept that you could be dumped and performance is not a criteria. 7) Do not have any feelings of your own. 8) Have all the virtues of a good cricketer (like you have specified) and yet be controlled by non cricketing officials and players of yester years - some of them average or may be even less during their playing days.
