Rahul Dravid: A dignified exit

This was a fair time for Rahul Dravid to resign as the captain, feels Rohit Brijnath. In a BBC column, he says the off-field strains of captaincy reduced Dravid's enjoyment of the game.

Surrounded by his team, or in the dressing room, Dravid found the ultimate contentment, but like most Indian captains it is the off-field demands/politics/chaos that wearies the mind and greys the hair. Leading India ages men before their time. In some ways, ironically, perhaps a thoughtful man was guilty of taking his job too seriously.

He also says that the new captain shouldn't be one of the old hands but a youngster.

Sehwag, Dhoni, Yuvraj and Kaif have not convinced us completely of their Test qualifications in recent times, yet one of these men must lead, slip, fall, learn. India cannot go backwards and rely again on its older men. They have done enough.