India, April 26 -- In any field, the best leaders are those who bring out the best in their team members. That's a leader's biggest KPI (Key Performance Indicator) -- in corporate speak. Everything else is secondary. And Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel has failed in that. He is a solid player in all three aspects of the game; however, in the most important aspect, he has come a cropper. There are not many teams that can lose an IPL contest even after scoring 264 runs. But a team like Delhi Capitals, where nothing has been been in order from day one, certainly can.

Axar has to take responsibility. Just playing the good guy is not going to work. Match after match, they have been dropping catches and missing run-outs. He and fielding coac...