In second place

Amrit Mathur, the former India media manager in his column in the Hindustan Times talks about the vice-captaincy curse: players who are carefully groomed for the top job don't quite make it, somebody else jumps the queue.

Of late, vice captains have been tossed around, changed from series to series. Apparently, for the selectors, naming a vice-captain is a gift that can both be handed out and then reclaimed, according to their convenience.