WADEKAR ONLY ENSURED A VICTORY FROM A TEAM BUILT AND NURTURED BY "TIGER"PATAUDI. HE WAS ILL SUITED TO THE DEMANDS OF CAPTAINCY AND VICTORIES UNDER HIM WERE ESSENTIALLY DUE TO WEAKENING OF THE WEST INDIANS AFTER RETIRMENTS OF HALL , GRIFFITH AND GILCHRIST , EMERGENCE OF GAVASKAR & VISHWANATH AND GREAT PERFORMANCE BY BS CHANDRASHEKHAR AND LAST THE TREMENDOUS FIELDING BY THE GREATEST FIELDING COMBINATION IN AJIT WADEKAR, SOLKAR, ABID ALI, VENKATARAGHAVAN AND FAROOKH ENGINEER
There is no doubt that Ajit Wadekar was successful Captain, a good human being, and the cricketer who held high position in one the biggest bank of india not as a cricketer but on his own merit. He also was extremely lucky to get two one day benefit matches against West Indies immediately on his retiremet while the number of past cricketers who retired earlier than him were waiting for board approval for their benefit matches.Both one day matches earned him a good amount of money for his retirement benefit. Ex Captain Nari contractor preferred not to beg to Indian Cricket board for his own benefit match.
