Vijay Lokapally's article is a must read. We are convinced that Greg Chappell has to go just because there doesn't seem to be any trust between the players and the coach. We found this paragraph bizarre:
The support staff, especially Ian Fraser, has made matters worse. He earned the ire of the players to such an extent that he was asked to leave the dressing room for his attempts to ridicule them during a tense situation on the last tour of South Africa.If support staff are ridiculing players then something is seriously wrong.
The seniors in Chappell's firing line are Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, V.V.S. Laxman, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Ajit Agarkar...That's 8 players! Who does he get along with? don't answer that, it was a rhetorical question.
Before we lynch Chappell, a word to the wise: If these rifts between the coach and the players was so severe, why didn't we hear anything about it after the South African tour and before the world cup? All everybody talked about before the world cup was how tight the team was and how they were all working together towards a common goal. So what happened?
We will just have to wait for the 'leaked' reports after April 6th and 7th. It will make for very entertaining reading.
4 comments:
Here's a thought:
Maybe everything is fine with Indian cricket? There's a few minor issues here and there, but there always is.
The recent explosion of scrutiny into the dynamics of the team is due to an over-active press trying to justify its existence.
Being kicked out of the World Cup is just one of those things. Like Australia losing to Bangladesh. Stuff like that happens in ODIs.
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Atheist:
Wish that was true. There is a lot wrong with Indian cricket starting with BCCI.
We always ignore the faults unless something goes wrong drastically. It did in this world cup hence all the introspection.
There are too many reports of strife and low morale to ignore. Let's see what happens. If everything goes to form, all issues will be swept under the carpet.
Homer: Nothing to do except wait couple of days to see what happens. My guess is that we will make some superficial changes and the real issues will again be ignored.
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