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RE:Ian Chappel was right
by Dharmapad Mishra on Apr 04, 2007 12:13 AM

To an extent you are right dude. But let's stop blaming players only. The coach's also reposible if not equally.
I do accept the fact that Greg was an awesome cricketer in his days but not every cricketer can be equally good in every aspect of the game.If it's true then Tendulkar would have been the best captain of India; and we all know that it's not even close to correct.But honestly, we can't say that we had a shity composition when it comes to a team. Australia could be an exception coz they are mentally tough. Believe you me, composition is one thing and mental toughness is another. We lose matches coz we are not taught the mental part of the game.
Our players pump in the gym and play basket-ball etc. during the training, which is good.But it was always Greg's job to spend time and focus more on the mind-frame game rather building visibly sullen physique of our players. Pick any player and please let me know one thing for real: "Do they actually look like a sportmen". They resemble models and they are good at acting, I recon.
Anyway, good luck guys and hope a lot of things 'said & unsaid' happen for them.
Paddy

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