Indian cricket's Marlon Brando

R Mohan feels that Ganguly's media chatter was a crass political act that was not likely to be forgiven readily.

In Ganguly’s regime, Team India was assuming the contours of a closed group, of vested interests generated in the old boy school network type of togetherness that prevails in the cricket-playing class. The skipper wished to be viewed eternally as the one doling out the favours and demanding fierce personal loyalty in return.