since inclusion of Chapel as coach, he by the influence of some bad guys of Indian cricket viz. More, shastri & some money makers of BCCI made a definite plan to unsettle the neucleous of Team India. They became successful in their mission. The sad part of the whole affair was the involvment of Dravid. It is/was known to everyone who understands cricket that Dravid is good for nothing as a captain. But it has to be accepted that he is/was always a good deputy. I donot want to use any adjectives further as you all have gone through different articles in all kind of medias.Finally last nail in the coffin has been fixed by appointing Shastri as manager. I just want to remind everyone about his off the field involvment/interest which were never in the interest of the team as a whole.
RE:Where did India go wrong?
by ARINDAM BAGCHI on Apr 17, 2007 10:45 AM Permalink
I agree with the above. Chappel's influence in destroying a well-settled and a well-knit team cannot be bypassed. He was here to fine tune the team and improve the little shortcomings in the team and make them world-beaters. But see what has happened. The team is ruined and lacking in confidence. I don't know why but Dravid was party to Chappel in all this due to some reason or other. BCCI just made a eyewash to all the problems by deputing Shastri as Manager and Dravid a captain and putting a cap on ads done by palyers. Only criteria should be non-performers shall be dropped.
