India, Dec. 6 -- Sourav Ganguly didn't just defend Shubman Gill at Eden Gardens; he basically issued a character certificate. Sitting in the stands, someone asked him if Gill should be India's T20I captain. Ganguly's reply was pure Dada: he said Gill "should be captain of everything because he's so good", before reminding them that barely three months ago, the same Gill was in England, "looking like gold" with the bat and as captain, leading a young side without Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma. In three months, he pointed out, people have already moved from celebration to doubt.

The gap between what Gill has done and how quickly the narrative has flipped is the real heart of Ganguly's little rant. The setting - Bandhan Bank's The Captain's C...