No Tendulkar, then who is the next one?

Aaha..or should I say aaila! What do we have here? Tendlya has refused the selectors, two times unlucky is enough apparently. No Test captaincy for the man.

It is for the next generation.

Err....so who would it?

Dhoni? Wicket keeping. Batting like a frontline batsman. And now captaincy? In Australia? The question to be asked if he does get assigned the new role would be not whether India perform well, but whether Dhoni returns back in one piece in February.

Or return at all. After the tour.

Doubt adding another litre of milk to the daily dose would make any difference.

Kumble? I am sure it would mean that he ends up bowling at least forty five overs each day in a test match. And if the umpire's not looking, he may sneak consecutive overs from both ends. Again, would he return back?

Yuvraj? Yeah, now that is a good choice. A non playing captain is what we have been looking at for a long time, so far the title had always fallen on the broad 'non' performing shoulders of Ganguly. For a change we would have a performing, non-playing captain, leading from the front!

Zaheer? Probably, the Aussies love him too much as well, after the 2003 WC final, and especially after meeting Sreesanth, would consider him to be a saint of a man. Could he be the right choice (Rakshanda) baby?

Jaffer? Too young at 30.

Karthick? Who??

Dravid? The question is whether Vengsarkar would consider him. Naah, not for captaincy, I was referring to selecting him in the team.

Ganguly? Refer to Yuvraj above. No wait, even Ganguly's started performing. But then, Dalmiya's no longer the chief. Sorry, out of question.

Sreesanth? You must be kidding.

Laxman? It is Australia, has to be Laxman then. No two ways about it. I am pretty sure it has to be Laxman, in fact I suggest he changes his name to Superman, instead of Lax-man. Only for the Aussies. And the best part is that the public there loves him as well. Don't you remember how they gave him a standing ovation after he hit that 167 at SCG. Plus he is the last man standing.

Has to be this man.