Captaincy: a recipe

The interview with Tiger pataudi (‘Talking Cricket’, March 2002) is a revelation on what a captain needs to be. A captain should be a visionary leader. He needs to have the nerve of a gambler, the understanding of a psychologist and the patience of a saint. We haven’t had such a captain in the last four decades. Indian cricket has suffered because of pataudi’s aversion to pacemen, Gavaskar’s negative approach, Azharuddin’s arrogance and Ganguly’s on-field temperament.