Former Australia cricketer Greg Chappell is making headlines once more for his stint as Team India coach, throughout which the Men In Blue made a first-round exit from the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2007. His reign additionally noticed a foul chapter in former India cricketer and present BCCI President Sourav Ganguly’s cricketing profession, which led to the Bengal batsman first getting axed from captaincy and then dropping his spot within the workforce.
Following the developments then Rahul Dravid was given the cost to steer Team India and years after Chappell has now went on to make massive claims about each the previous India legends.
Chappell throughout a latest interplay on Cricket Life Stories Podcast went on to disclose that it was Dravid who was eager about taking the workforce ahead and making it the perfect on this planet, whereas different senior gamers have been simply centered on saving their spots within the facet.
“Dravid was really invested in India becoming the best team in the world. Sadly, not everyone in the team had the same feeling. They would rather concentrate on being in the team. There was some resistance from some of the senior players because some of them were coming to the end of their careers,” stated Chappell.
Chappell additional stated that axing Ganguly despatched out a robust message to different members within the facet that nobody might take their spots with no consideration. The former Australian cricketer additionally felt the choice labored good for the workforce however issues took a drastic flip after Ganguly’s return into the facet.
“When Sourav got dropped from the team, we had a lot of attention from the players, because they realized if he can go, anyone can go. We had a great 12 months, but then the resistance got too much, Ganguly came back into the team. The message from the players was loud and clear – ‘We don’t want change.’ Even though the board offered me a new contract, I decided that I did not need that kind of stress,” added Chappell.
