I had very close association with Whatmore during his coaching tenure in Srilanka. He wanted to tune (not coach) Indian team but was not given a chance by some politicians and players(do not wish to mention their names here)to satisfy their EGO. I guess him mentioning in the inner circles that he would (re)prove his capabilities to BCCI. YES, he did it now. What else we need from him. I am an Indian and love my country and teamindia more than anybody.
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by Ravi K on Mar 31, 2007 07:16 PM Permalink
now india may fall back on indian coach. India should respect Coach's view. Had they lsiten to Greg Chappel India would have done played well.
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by kajal on Mar 31, 2007 07:52 PM Permalink
I disagree with you...Chappel is a joke as a coach...he's the biggest champu...who single handed destroyed team Indian in 22months. It is because of his "experiments" that we lost
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by kajal on Mar 31, 2007 07:59 PM Permalink
I don't think that he's the coach that we expected...before came long ICC had rated Indian as 2nd best team and now that it is done with India it is at no 6...He has not stopped from players playing shots but he is defiantely not someone who has lead team India to WC2007 as he as "vision" but the fool forgot that just having a vision is not enough you also need an action plan
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by Ravi K on Mar 31, 2007 09:17 PM Permalink
Where were hurdles in his actions plans. The senior players favored some players who were not a good fit for the team. Even Dilip Vengsarker expressed this view. Another import factor is Indian team is not really a good competitor in overseas tours. After 1985 Benson And Hedges world series only better perfomance india has played overseas was in WC 2003. If major tournaments are held places other than Indian sub-continent then India does have good chance.
