It's not just the WC-2007 that India seems to have lost. What chappel has very successfully managed is not just breaking the team but also public opinion and belief in their own team and its members. Just look through all the entries and see for yourself how within an Indian team support base there are the Dravid-11s, Die hard Ganguly (read bengali) fan base, sachin lovers and sachin loathers, and 100 such divisions.
Cricket is a team game and we probably were never one to qualify for such a sport at the first place. Forget winning the cup, be happy we got embarassed by only a Bangladesh & Sri Lanka rather than 6 more better teams in the Super 8.
For all those baying for the blood of a sachin, ganguly, zaheer, sehwag... please suggest the reinforcements! (It's not as if an RP Singh or a Raina was not given enough chances).
Mr. Chappel might be just be passing the buck and rooting for the Aussies (coz 2 good but maverick teams in India & Pakistan who could have possibly upset the applecart are gone).
The 'experiments' and the clinical aussie way simply does not work for Indian cricket. Like everything else we play this game with heart and sorry to say but with such an atmosphere within the team, it's unlikely that the player's heart would be in the game.
For the future, please reinstate what works best for Indian cricket
1. Sachin-Sourav, was, is and will be the best opening combination (stop fiddling around with sachin's role)
2. As for Ganguly. now it's your time to support Dravid like he did during your captaincy and selflessly made possible all your great records as a captian.
3. For Dravid, u are a grt guy, but for Godsake , realise now that it's sachin, sourav, yuvi and the likes who are your own kin, not a certain Mr. Chappel. Stop being used!
And for team India start playing like 'India' rather than trying to become a professional south africa and ending up worse than bangladesh.
4. Dravid-Ganguly-Sachin in combination is the best think tank we can have. Guys get together and groom someone like Yuvi for the future skipper. (how seniors like jayasurya and murli back jaywarshane)
It's sad but true. Chappel's home team is still in the cup. Our's isn't.
So all you dravid, ganguly, sachin clubs... stop making us all feel as if Chappel has managed to part this nation a second time.
