Gavaskar and Tendulkar and the Mumbai Indians

Over the years I listened and read as Gavaskar went on praising Tendulkar. He did not require any reason, just a mike in hand was enough. I was so sick of it that I had stopped paying attention to his ramblings.

But finally after 3 close defeats suffered by Mumbai Indians (which according to me was a result of a aging Tendulkar unable to come up to grips with his falling batting standards and non-existing captaincy aptitude.), Gavaskar finally without alluding to Tendulkar did criticize the failings of his captaincy.

A great man's greatness lies in knowing when to fade away from Limelight. Unfortunately even with his fitness failing Sachin Tendulkar does not seem to recognize this. Poor GUY may GOD grant the Nice Man strength to recognize that it is all over.

Tendulkar as a Captain - IPL match Mumbai V/s Punjab

I managed to see the last part of Mumbai Indian' second innings in its IPL match versus Punjab XI and followed the Punjab innings on cricinfo.
It managed to reinforce what has been my view for some time, Tendulkar is not a good captain (it is an understatement - he actually is a lousy Captain). While some may say, Mumbai lost the match only by a run, look at his mistakes which allowed the Punjab team to score atleast 30 more runs-

• The bowler selection today was horrible - two young spinners were selected, they each gave away 40+ runs
• Pollock did not complete his fourth over a poor decision considering his economy rate in the 3 overs he bowled was 4.66
• He did not bowl Jayasurya and kept Andre Nel on the bench
  

He panicked and went for a run which was not there and that was the end.

It is high time Tendulkar admits that he can never be a good captain and let Pollock captain the Indians.