Chappell was too honest and too rude for Indian team and it's big egoistic "stars". He did not understand the psyche and culture of Indians .
Chappell had only the good of Indian cricket in mind when he tried to implement a process...but he forgot that the Indian mindset is to keep hanging on to the "chair" or "position"
RE:Gavaskar is Right in a way.
by Gautam Mukhopadhyay on Apr 22, 2007 09:00 PM Permalink
Chappel was never a great coach. Even his Aussie mates know that and say that. His only success is in destroying the Indian team.
RE:Gavaskar is Right in a way.
by Ganesh Rajan on Apr 22, 2007 09:01 PM Permalink
I think the problem was that Chappell tried experimenting with what was already working well. The Indian team in WC2003 went to the finals, so whatever the composition of that team was, it was definitely good. There was no real need to play around with it except for including and grooming a few youngsters from time to time.
Australia does not make their openers bat down the order or something silly like that. I don't know why Chappell felt the need to push Tendulkar to third slot and make a mess out of his batting form.
