I think there is a certain mean devious streak in Chappell. Whenever something went wrong, he used leaks to blame others. There was the leaked email which ousted Ganguly. Then the manager's report after the South Africa tour about Sehwag. Immediately after the World Cup, it was leaked that he did not get the team he wanted. And now this about a mafia/coterie of senior players. Each of these leaks either helped Chappell get what he wanted or an alibi for failure. He cleverly stayed behind the scenes. And if people still say he is a straightforward guy, I doubt their sanity. Obviously Tendulkar had to react. Nobody would like being called a gangster. However, the bottomline was that the performance of the Indian team was appaling.
