Retirement

Looking into the recent dada fiasco of IPL 4, where none of the IPL franchisee was interested to buy sourav ganguly even at his base price, i was forced to think. Is there an age for retirement.Or is it performance that matters.
In IPL 3 dada scored over 490 runs with a strike rate of aver 115. To add to it he hit more than 50 boundaries and 15 maximums.If records were to speak for themselves, dada would have been a highly sought-after figure in the 4th edition of IPL. But apparently they don't. And thats the reason why Ganguly finds himself stranded in the middle of almost nowhere.
IPL is more about business than about cricket. The corporate giants who own these clubs(calling them team would be inappropriate) have invested millions of dollars in this so-called cricketing extravaganza not for philanthropic purposes but to earn money. So the reason why ganguly gets dropped and irfan pathan gets picked even after missing 2 yrs of international cricket at a streak is clear. 
On the other side of it if we see, we can clearly visualise that ganguly being such a great sportsman and fighter as we all know, has mistimed his timing. Like many of those prodigies who had an aplomb career could not decide when to call it a day. Be it Kapil Dev or Md Azhar-ud-din.
In a broader perspective Michael Jordan is the most eminent example.After returning back from retirement, he was virtually thrown out from the WASHINGTON basketball team. 
Sunil Gavaskar rightly said while retiring "better retire when people ask why? rather than why not?"
On the other hand those who got their timing right are cherished till now. Be it Sunil Gavaskar, Shane warne Md ali or javagal Srinath . Questions were asked.  Debates were thrown on News Channels. Couch Potatoes like me got their share of time pass and we all missed them when they left.  
Coming back to dada, the spirit which we sometimes back called resilience is now being perceived as being stubborn. Once a role model to many of us, his prestige as well as his self respect has gone for a beating. Its time he should bid adieu to playing cricket for the sake of his respect. We know that he can fight and still come victorious but he doesnt need to. His records speak volumes about his contribution to Indian Cricket. I still remember his reaction at the NATWEST Series final and we all want to remember that click of dada and surely not the one leaking the boots.