Chappel is first reqired at grassroot level
by Abhishek Thakur on Nov 18, 2007 01:26 PM
Nobody doubts chappell's cricket knowledge and credentials. The only problem has been a lack of undertanding of the Indian way of doing things and the local psyche, which is very different from the blunt, on-the-face australian way. So it is actually a masterstroke both for the rajasthan cricket academy and Chappell himself. While younsters can adjust easily to his work ethic and tough attitudes and hopefully can become tough themselves, Chappell himself has the opportunity to test all his ideas and adapt them to suit the Indian conditions and tastes. This was not possible within the superstar heavy national team but it is certainly possible there. Leaving such a hign profile assignment totally in tatters would hurt anyone's ego. Chappell has, unlike the norm with our country's super star, bitten the bullet in accepting a low profile assignment. It shows, along with other things, that he wants to reestablish his damaged credentials the hard way.
