A team of 11, but One can make or break it

How crucial are some players in a team than the other members?

Quite crucial as some recent events proved all over again.

While Argentina had a galaxy of stars in their Olympic team, the one name everyone kept mentioning all the time was of Messi. He had a largely subdued gold medal match but for that one pass that set up the winner.

Vaughan is touted as the best English skipper of the recent past, but his exit from the team has suddenly rejuvenated that same team. What sort of role did he play in the dismal run for the English team while he was running things and how things have changed with KP in charge. Was he the millstone weighing down the England team? I have a feeling that Vaughan will not be too welcome in the dressing room now. He might as well retire.

And finally for a team that was not given much of chance of doing anything noteworthy while in Sri Lanka, did what no other Indian team could do there, win the series. One man changed things around for Team India and it was that man MSD again. What a difference, a safe pair of hands behind the wicket and a strong mind, makes to a team's fortunes.

But at the end of the day, if that one player can't get the others to play out of their skins, the results will not add up to much. Kobe and the Laker's come to mind.