Dejected Jaffer gives up captaincy - Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Jaffer-c96307, the captain of the domestic IndiaN side, Mumbai, on Thursday relinquished the captaincy of the team to concentrate more on his batting, as for him, personal form is more important than leading the side.
"I want to concentrate more on my batting. I didn't have a good http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 opener while speaking to media reporters after stepping down the captaincy role.
The 33-year-old right-handed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 in back to back Ranji Trophy titles (2008-09 and 2009-10) during his four year stint as the skipper of the side, said that as captain one has to lead the side by example. But after
struggling with the bat during the recently concluded season he decided to step down from the pressure role and focus on his batting.
"Once you are captain it is very important to lead by example," said the under-fire batsman. "…it's a lot of pressure to lead a team. If the team doesn't do well, then the captain is always made a scapegoat. When you don't score, it doesn't look good," he
added further.
The 33-year-old top order batsman could manage just 406 runs from nine matches during the recently concluded Ranji Trophy championship as the two times former champions failed to go beyond the semi-finals.
The Mumbai coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sulkashan-Kashinath-Kulkarni-c91757 came really hard on Jaffer after the side failed to make it to the finals, saying that he not only failed as a batsman but as captain as well.
Jaffer, who has played 31 Tests for India during his 8-year-long international career, said that he was extremely disappointed by his coach’s remarks adding that he should have been told about his mistakes in the dressing room and not publically on the media.
"Everybody makes mistakes; if there was any problem I should have been told inside the dressing-room, not in public,” said the right-handed batsman from Maharashtra, who averages 50.54 with the bat in first class cricket from 203 appearances.
A dejected Jaffer further said that just four months ago he was being regarded as the best captain and after an unsuccessful Ranji season, the management has started criticising him as a poor captain.
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