A year ago he was thrown out in disgrace and coming back was difficult since the chairman of selectors had almost closed the doors by saying the board were looking for the future (whatever that means). But when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Our men fought back and Ganguly has stood out on almost on every tour abroad.

Seems like his "age" factor has over taken on everyone's mind but please answer a simple question--Whenever a big player retired, he admitted that he has had "no motivation" left to keep playing, most of them said that.Now if a cricketer still enjoys the game & loves to go against the odds, then why not just let him?

 Mind you age is not a factor for a player's "bad form". What do you say about those "young" guys who get into this phase when they struggle to make runs!! Ok selectors would drop them! then what! If the player has enough motivation he would still keep testing himself, why FORCE him to retire?

& there's a saying "Retiring with dignity", now what much difference will it make if Sourav "announces" his retirement. People would still keep saying that he knew he won't be selected thats why he took the safe way out. We know this man for making his different mark, so why not let him do what he thinks is a satisfying way for him even at this stage?

I would like to assess performances over a year instead of over one series. Test match batting performances on a scale of 0-1,000 during the last one year are as under:

Sehwag (1000); Gambhir (562); Ganguly (549); Laxman (547); Tendulkar (518); Irfan Pathan (432); Dravid (386); Wasim Jaffer (384); Yuvraj Singh (344); Dhoni (308); Karthik (189); Sreesanth (147); Kumble (147); Harbhajan (117); Ishant (87); RP Singh Jr (65); Zaheer Khan (50); Munaf Patel (0).

A senior journalist said once that for a cricketer to understand that he had enjoyed a great career will be when people ask him why he retired. That’s all I am asking Dada to do and couldn’t be a more fitting reply to the selectors then! 

So, finally, who would you vote to be selected against Australia? Yuvraj, Kaif, Badrinath or the Bengal Tiger ?

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