Why is Dada panned so much ?

1) He always looks like the weak link in the Indian batting. but wasn't it his century in the first test in the India-australia series which set the tone for the rest for the series..haa probably dravid, laxman, sachin, sehwag said..if our dada can score a century, surely batting here wont be such a big task

2) dada is weak against pace bowlers..but does anybody, anybody play spinners with as much confidence as dada, remember India's world cup shootout with Kenya, where Collins Obuya (next big thing in spin..i say) had the Indians in the loop, it was dada who turned the match around by hitting him out of the stadium.

3) dada has some personal favorites whom he favors over others,..hmmm..if you look at the previous Indians teams and the present one..this one seems to be the most well knit, most spirited, most equally represented in terms of states..delhi, karnataka, mumbai, hyderbad, bengal, gujarat, baroda, tamil nadu are all represented. A truly Indian team, hah you say..do ya think the captain is responsible for building team spirit, showing the way in the field, leading by example ?

4) dada gives certain players too many chances, would yuvraj & kaif have played the way they did at the Lords final if they had been shunted in and out of the team like ..say .kambli, manjrekar..and a host of others..

5) ha..apna sachin has the better cricketing brain, his word is respected more by the youngsters in the team..well but sachin also had his chance to mould a team..didn't he..a host of players started their careers under him...laxman, dodda ganesh, vijay bharadwaj..pankaj dharmani et al..

hmm...the debate about the merits of dada's captaincy will be appreciated only after he has quit for 5 years or so..btw its widely held that India's greatest captain was MK Pataudi, who tried to instill the culture of no favoritism , good fielding skills, removing the feeling of servitude towrads the eng, aussie teams. Hmm..has anybody read Raju Bharata's execllent commentary on India cricket..titled "the Golden years of Indian cricket"..if you havent ..get a hold of it..captains, even players look great when we have hindsight with us.. I dare say Ganguly will be judged differntly by us when we have put some time behind .