Why it's time for India's Sourav Ganguly to retire from Test cricket

Sourav Ganguly boasts a Test win record of 50-plus, an enviable ODI record, and credit for making Team India a team, not just a bunch of 15 players, 10 of whom were unknown faces. And with Test victories against all cricketing nations, he deserves unlimited praise.
A year ago he was thrown out in disgrace and coming back was difficult since the chairman of selectors had almost closed the doors by saying the board were looking for the future (whatever that means). But when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Our men fought back and Ganguly has stood out on almost on every tour abroad.
Of late there has been one issue, the absence of Yuvraj Singh from the Test side. The only person he can replace is Ganguly. No other batsman is dispensable and when a guy like Yuvraj is warming the bench, you can’t afford to lose a single opportunity in the middle. Yuvraj is the man in supreme form at the moment and for the first time in his career he is doing justice to his immense talent.
Ganguly is playing well but Yuvraj has to get the nod for the simple reason that he adds more utility to the team. Don’t get me wrong, with all due respect to Dada, I would definitely not have said this if Yuvraj could replace anyone else in the team. Dada is the epitome of success and he should go leaving a legacy.
Unfortunately this seldom happens in India. Here, even greats like Kapil Dev were shown the door in disgrace because they did not retire at the time they should have. The likes of Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid should have a send-off to match their iconic status. Ganguly should call it a day because now he is playing well. A senior journalist said once that for a cricketer to understand that he had enjoyed a great career will be when people ask him why he retired. That’s all I am asking Dada to do.