I would definitely agree with Mr Chappell and I would blame the selectors and the BCCI for what has happened. The problem with Indian cricket is that there is too much politics in it and there are too many voices which disagree. One thing that we need to understand is that Mr Chappell is straight spoken and he gets to the point instead of beating around the bush which we are an expert in. We were never serious about competing in the world cup. We were experimenting all along with senior players who were out of form. We should have started long back and introduced good talented players. No other team has so many changes as we do . Maybe a change or two but everytime we change the whole team composition. The alarm bells are ringing if 7 out of 11 players are out of form at the same time. No other team has such dubious record. There are probably one or two players who are out of form , take Australia for example. But when your whole team fails , there is problem elsewhere. Greg can do only so much. You can take a horse to the water but cannot make it drink. If the batsmen fail, how can you blame the coach. There is a collective responsibility and we cannot blame the coach since we cannot judge him from here , but the lack of fresh talent definitely shows. Ok so we have 3 players with 10000 runs , does that mean anything at all ? We are looking at personal records and not the team efforts. The selectors were afraid to face the media if young talents failed , The so called talented 10000 club failed , its still a shame and the media is blasting them almost 12 hrs a day on tv let alone print media. Greg chappell is doing a good job and unless politics is kept out of the game, it wont matter if its a foreign coach or an indian coach. Thats the final word
RE:Chappell is Right
by sp on Mar 28, 2007 09:59 PM Permalink
there is too much politics into cricket. Greg is bound by his contract and has to go on with the players that are given to him. He cannot make the final decision but can only suggest. He has pointed out that players like Suresh Raina , Karthik are good prospects but unfortunately he cannot force them into the team . He has to go with whats given to him . Reminds me of Too many cooks spoil the broths, too many people who influence selection of players , as simple as that
