(about Saurav and me)
Almost everyone starts his or her career managing a simple task, then you get to manage more than one task, and people start calling these tasks projects. After a while, you come to manage people who manage projects. It’s at that point that people become your project. You will never rise as far as you want to if you do not develop a reputation for leadership, which I learnt now. Unfortunately few things are more difficult to acquire. The most complex undertaking that anyone faces in a career is managing other people. There is only one thing in life that is more complex, and that is raising children. The difference is, the people at work have to listen to you.
Saurav Ganguly has already proven himself as the most successful captain of the Indian cricket team. He balls, bats and gives his best on the field. But the flip side of the story is totally different. When Sreesanth came to Indian Express for Idea Exchange, he was asked who is the best all rounder in the Indian team during the questioning rounds. “Dada is the best all rounder and fielder of the Indian team”, he said mockingly. There could be other players also who feels the same and dislikes him completely. However after so many criticisms he is still standing and has made a superb comeback. He is surely one of my many idols. I truly have learnt from his resilience. It is very apparent that whenever somebody is making headway there are noises and one simply have to endeavor hard without worrying.
People will not stop saying that Ganguly is not a good captain. He wants to win all the matches on his own. He never gives chances to others. He likes people to say good words about him. They could have performed much better under some other captain. You can’t stop people by saying this all BULL SHIT. Whereas truth says, Ganguly is the one under whose captaincy India has won many matches. He is the one who has actually made players like Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh and so many.
No captain wants to do all things by himself. It is the team who he leading is itself a big task. He can motivate, encourage, mentor the players but he cannot enter the body of players and give the needed performance. It is the players who need to perform on field and if they are not performing, nothing wrong if he himself wants to ball or put on task and setting an example. BCCI has always blamed him that he always wants to be good with everybody. Why not? There is nothing wrong again; he is a captain and leading a team and not living in a seclusion.
Every leadership has his own advantages and disadvantages. Ganguly is more of an aggressive captain than Rahul who is rather very cool. Dhoni is a great captain with a good combination of aggression and cool attitude. Players may come or may go but captains will always remain distinctive. I personally salute the great leadership of all these captains, bosses, directors, mentors and all the seniors leading the team.
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