Olympic gold bigger than World Cup glory

These seniors have invited this criticism on themselves with their non-performance in the series against Sri Lanka. It was not bad patch but bad play that harmed their reputation. They may even complain of some rough decisions but there is no room for excuses after you have been outclassed by the opposition. Kumble, sadly, has looked a shadow of the wonderful bowler that we have known him to be and the batsmen have looked out of place.

India's next Test series will be against Australia at home and the team will be picked by a new selection committee. Dilip Vengsarkar had an excellent term as the chairman and was responsible for blooding some youngsters but my worry is whether the new committee would have the courage to take the tough decisions for us to move forward. Of course, you can't remove the seniors in one strike but then the process of transition has to be set in motion. It would be sad if a senior continues to struggle and yet keep his place at the cost of a promising junior.

For long we have talked of performance-oriented selection. If that is the case, it is time we proved it by picking performers for all future assignments. Is it right for a player to keep a place by scoring once in six innings. I leave the decision to you.