oh please. every thing has a time. and his time has passed. he has had a wonderful career. and he got more than plenty in return from the country in the form of match fees and sponsorship and love of the people. it does not mean that he needs to misuse it all just to continue playing just because he is not prepared to retire himself. it is a well accepted fact that no selector would dare to drop him from the team for any reason. he has to respect that fact and take the decision himself. the more he drags it, the more he is going to be criticized. and justly. his body might be doing well. he might be ready to give his 110% to the team. but if the indian team can survive without him just fine which it can, he should look at the big picture and move on. india has to defend their world champion status in a couple of years. it would be disgusting if he is indeed planning to play in the next world cup. and if not, he should just move on and let the team get over his retirement right now and look at the future.