Dropping Sourav Ganguly set off chain of events which made the job impossible Greg Chappell

[@kunalsen2123]

Greg Chappell saw Sreeshanth as a future captain. He saw VRV Singh as a frontline bowler, Sachin as a middle-order ODI batsman, Suresh Raina as a future great and Irrfan Pathan as a batting all-rounder. We reached the ODI final in '03 and won it in '11. Only under Chappell's coaching in between, in '07, we got knocked out in the first round. One of the poorest returns as a coach ever, given the team we had back then.

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

Only two things were in his favour. A tag of Australian & Ganguly was out of form. Rest done by BCCI.

[@debasishsen77]

Sreeshant was really the future at that point of timem

[@james432ful]

Lode, he saw dhoni as captain. Kirti Azad also said so

[@tanulsingh8563]

@@debasishsen77 captain is just too much

[@PGAmit]

His coaching tenure was the darkest chapter in indian cricket history.

[@mragunathan1627]

...worse than the 2000 match fixing episode? cmon

[@prasithoudomvilay8454]

It's better for India to pick an Indian coach. Aussie is known for been blunt and honest and Indian are very sensitive that's why the culture is very different

[@HelpmeHelpYou-1992]

I thought Aussies are known to be gay. Chappel was gay and we Indians real mard. Hence the disagreement, and Chappel was part of LGBTQ+ rally​@@prasithoudomvilay8454

[@ayushdutta2065]

Ganguly was the second highest run maker in 2007.. His performance was rewarded by his entry into Cricket Info. Sourav Ganguly just before retiring called up Boria Majumder and told him he is retiring as other wise they would not have been selected. He basically told the selectors " I am retiring from international cricket so please allow me to play for the last time". He was one of the few players Australian Cricket Team applauded when he came out..

[@deeptweshdm2536]

This never happened

[@jiteshkumar3774]

He was dropped before.

[@RAHUL74547]

Greg is the most shameless & dirty chapter in the history of world cricket.

[@udayphogat5783]

Such a fuck face

[@kunalsingh3121]

A Legendary batsman not suited to coach an asian side

[@samarpandas9519]

Truly so.

[@samarpandas9519]

@@kunalsingh3121 I accept myself to be a bumboy. But what should I call you? Was he employed by BCCI for the runs he scored for Aus or was he payed tons of bucks for managing the Indian team?? I'm afraid your common sense couldn't tell you. That's it's for the second case. He was totally incompetent as a manager. Or I believe he wanted to be incompetent

[@samarpandas9519]

@@kunalsingh3121 Ya surely. Listen ppl Kunal paratap Singh calls GREG CHAPPEL " LEGENDARY " well.. Awesome. He became legendary because he got the opportunity to be the coach of MS Dhoni.. A 3 tym ICC tournament winning cap, Sachin Tendulkar . I don't understand why a Sachin Tendulkar would be asked to go and bat at 4. Mr. Singh..i would ask you to not go and lick an Aussie feet, but before that tell me why does someone like a Virender shewag be told to change his foot work. When he was already an established player. Ive heard ppl like Pointing, Gilchrist say.. That in international cricket the coach should never be interfering with someone's technique. If you could be among the top 3 in a country of 1.2 billions... I don't think anyone other than an Aussie feet licker would find his technique flawed

[@hiphoplover9292]

Asking the world's best odi opener to bat down the order...🙄 Greg wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed

[@mohammadfaisal7143]

1992 WC Sachin batted in d middle order, India knocked out in group stage, 1996 WC, Sachin opened, India reached semis, 1999 WC, Sachin again batted in d middle order, India again knocked out from group stage, 2003 WC, again he opened, again India did well and reached the finals, 2007 WC, again middle order again knocked out early, 2011 WC again opened and this time the WC Trophy

[@arunmohanan4328]

Vow great insight

[@jeetnihalaniyou]

Sachin started out as an opener in 1999 World Cup but had to play as a middle order batsman because his father had passed away. This was in group stages where he came at number 4 position against Kenya, Sri Lanka and England, and India won all those matches. He was back to being an opener in super sixes where we were knocked out because we lost against Australia and New Zealand.

[@prasadbmvs]

@@mohammadfaisal7143 Good observation

[@aadhikary2466]

That man tried to destroy the Indian Cricket by creating groupism. He sabotaged Irfan Pathan's bowling. Great that this bugger was kicked out.

[@sabastins]

Greg tried to change the attitude of the team back in 2005. And raising questions about fitness also dragged him into trouble!! Treating Irfan patan as a all-rounder than a main bowler is the worst decision..

[@hamz12381]

Pathan said chappel was not responsible for this. Go and read

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

Some deny to open(VVS Laxman) some imposed to bat.(Irfan Pathan). The big question is whether they are physically & Mentally ready to coup up with or to cement their places in the team and fail to admit their limitations. Garry Sobers, Ian Botham, Kapil dev & Jaques Kallis were all rounders from their core and balanced their both roles.

[@aadhikary2466]

​@@hamz12381😂😂😂

[@karansharma-tu6lx]

​@@aadhikary2466hamza is right

[@bharatpenumutchu6487]

I do not understand (not as a Sourav Fan) had some "reasonable" records in the years before the deadline : Year Format / Runs/ Average 2000 -- ODI / 1579/ 56.39 Test/279/31.00 2001 -- ODI /813/36.95 Test/444/22.20 2002 -- ODI/1114/38.41 Test/945/41.09 2003 -- ODI/756/38.41 Test/393/65.50 2004 -- ODI/947/32.66 Test/408/45.33 Forget One Dayers , in Tests Ganguly altought averages are just "OK" , but in the past 4 years prior to that point , in test matches abroad (Nottingham, Yorkshire,Brisbane, Antiga,Kandy not the ones with easy 50s or in a loss) had a good hand. Agreed Ganguly had a terrible beginning in 2005 (test/odi). So was Sachin and so was Laxman. When Chappell (May/June 2005) took over, Ganguly played hardly 10 ODI matches and a couple of test matches and he drew a conclusion like that. A person who had 15000 international run in under 9 years? And by the way Ganguly did not make merry at home What "favors" is he talking about ? What "chain-reaction" is he talking about ? I remember at that time the majority were not really compassionate for Sourav, in fact they every Tom Dick and Harry undermined Ganguly's record. Just to keep everyone informed . I heard a lot of "Bravo Chappel" and how Dravid and Chappell had "ushered in" a new era .(had good record in sub continent ) , but once they went traveled WI or got to play with the big boys (SA/AUS) they were taken to the cleaners. I think it is the team's performance that bought Chappel down. Immediately after Ganguly was dropped they had results in his favour from Oct 2005 till May 2006 (India played a confused Sri Lanka , a weak Pakistan (despite that lost the test Series in Pakistan ), Drew with SA @Home , other than that nothing much to talk about (yeah the 22 match chasing streak, but it was with weaker teams in the subcontinent sub-standard cricket). I do not understand where Ganguly was to blame for India / Chappel debacle post 2006. In fact after his comeback in 2006 where India again started making good strides (esp. in tests) for the next 2 years no thanks to Chappel . Ganguly had a lot of international runs (~3000) after the comeback and i think India's highest run-getter in that period.

[@udaykirankotha4480]

+Bharat Penumutchu India won that test series in Pakistan and even ODI's 3-2. Ganguly was the captain

[@bharatpenumutchu6487]

+udaykiran kotha Yes Uday and also he got 90 runs at Lords in 2004 yes it was a dead rudder but still it gave India a win...

[@bharatpenumutchu6487]

Anirudh Krishnan​ and during Sachin we lost to WI , Australia (3-0),SA at home . And in Dravid we lost to Pakistan, SA , and that too having played most of the test matches in the subcontinent. During Ganguly we won with Australia , beat Pakistan,beat NZ , drew with England (in England after being 1-0 down) , drew with Australia ( not many teams have done that in Australia), and I remember we were ranked 2 the first time in History we came there. I do not know what loss with Zimbabwe you are referring to ??? You are grossly misinformed we drew with Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe and at that time even our former teams went there and could not win easily....The worst loss we had was in NZ 2002 and that was an aberration and we lost to Australia because of fielding an out of form side and then the pitch drama in Nagpur, and SL fielded Murali,Vaas, Jayasuriya at that time we had a tight 2-1 and the test we won had Ganguly with Captains performance...He just the same look in like other captain.... in fact we competed everywhere we went and for Indian Captain with a young team that was great.....And regarding the class yes he is not as good as the other three, but after comeback he even disproved that he had better contribution than Dravid , Laxman and pretty close to Sachin in those two years....In any case please do not be baised in your comments we could go back and forth all day.....and that is all I wish to say In any case we are talking about "Chapell" and "favors" and you have completely taken this video out of context Chapell was responsible for his own demise..

[@bharatpenumutchu6487]

Ranjith there is no use of wasting syllables with this guy !!!! In my comments i had already talked about all the bad and the good of Ganguly's captaincy, i gave all the losses and wins ,it is sad that people jump the gun.... The spirit of the video is Chapell vs Ganguly.....We as Sourav fans agree he was bad in tests in 2005, may be he should have played the Nagpur test....i mean who is not exploiting pitches.. in 2012 , without any fuss we created spin tracks in India , we lost of course 1-2 any home team captain should get the pitches he wants, oh yes they will counter saying about Mr. Banarjee in Kolkota how he does not budge to BCCI, well atleast he did not create a green top for the opponent....Anyways he should have played the Nagpur test and then made a ruckus at the BCCI.... Ganguly might be the only Indian captain who made it abundantly clear all the time i mean all the time " A captain is only as good as his team "..... "Expert chasers " , well the whole idea about Indian chasing started from 1998 independence cup, 2000 vs SA (we chased target of 310 and 280 ) and of course the Natwest final 2002, and then we chases a couple of 300 vs WI in 2002, ( almost all of them Ganguly made a contribution atleast a quick 50 or so)well if it was flat subcontinental wickets, we could chase and that is what happened in 2005 with Chappel, we made merry with series in India, Pakistan and UAE , we had good chasing before as well......In any case the video is Chappel vs Ganguly . AGAIN MY ARGUMENT IS THE PERIOD BETWEEN NOVEMBER 2005 AND NOVEMBER 2008, IT IS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR GANGULY HAD THE LAST LAUGH....!!!!IF YOU WANT TO ARGUE IN THAT PERIOD WELL NOBODY HAS AN ARGUMENT!!!!!

[@Anirudh931]

@Ranjith Pratap You please go and check out that 11 wins, 6 of those wins were against bangladesh and zimbabwe. And yes in terms of bowlers india has never had a great team. but an attack comprising javagal srinath and anil kumble is better than the ones Kohli and Dhoni have had. And in that 2001 series you mentioned please check and tell me in which venue he scored a 50 in any one game. let me save your time here, NONE. his average : 17. And FYI neither Balaji, Pathan and Agarkar played in that 2001 series. Javagal Srinath, Zaheer khan were the leading pacers. Please get basic facts right before telling me to "go check" on something and making your point.

[@manim3401]

Not just Saurav, he destroyed captaincy opportunity for sehwag, yuvraj and confused irfan pathan as batsman. Mohammad kaif lost his entire career who won many matches for india. Nehra lost his place till 2009.

[@neil4282]

India could have won the 2007 WC if Greg wouldn't have been the coach ..One of the finest team of India at it's peak couldn't even go through qualifiers

[@jiteshkumar3774]

Oz are too good.

[@bryxxdore4150]

Lol that Indian team was over rated full of selfish players

[@nlakhots]

At that time no one could beat Australia to be honest

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

@@bryxxdore4150 The same team has defeated Australia in Kolkata test and completed the journey of runner up in 2003 wc. Whereas Australian Team when Greg was in the helm never won wc. Greg was saying that it was important for the players to be in team than in winner team. Is he indicating that throwing underarm bowl is secret of winning wc? Greg was selected as coach but upgraded himself as selector and manager with the conspiracy of BCCI that He don't deserve for sure. Is there any co relation between Greg's claim as well as his experience as winning formulae. With only 2300 ODI runs in his kitty, his claim for preparing best team is only a joke. Why the fingers should not be raised on Greg instead of players? Lack of temperament and skill could not be mixed with selfishness. Selfishness, Australian mindset are the confusing words that satisfy the haters only. The same Australian failed to win first three world cups. Whereas Ganguly's coming back to the team clearly indicates that responsibility of captaincy taking toll to his batting. It's a clear case of wrong narrative setting for the sake of power politics of BCCI and Greg.

[@sudeshnamukhopadhyay5214]

​@@bryxxdore4150 There wasn't much difference between 2007 and 2011 WC teams. So why did 2011 WC team win the world cup ?

[@utsabmoitra1245]

He is lying. He is an absolute liar.

[@sahebchakraborty104]

Kiran More + Chappell destroyed the team back in 05-'07

[@prateekc9749]

usne ky kiya bhai

[@MAHAKAAL_Govinda_Bhakt_NSH]

Kiran was just a pawn. Real tussle was between Pawar and Dalmiya..

[@aratrikghosh2717]

And then the greatest Ms dhoni came as a rescuer i still wonder how some fools say that dhoni got a made team his situations were even worser when he got the team same as when ganguly got the team

[@gauravkalra4]

@@aratrikghosh2717 Har cheez mein credit taker Dhoni ko ghusana zaruri hota hai?? He did get an already made up team.. and when he made his own team we lost all the ICC tournaments !! He was the weakest Test captain !!

[@aratrikghosh2717]

@@gauravkalra4 dhoni ne kab kisse credit manga he be aur tu dhoni ka hater hi reh tereko cricket ki to koi knowledge lagta nehi he

[@samhot0]

It's more important to be in the team than being in the best team in the world....superb statement...though having a secure place gives u security to perform better ...

[@reconquistahinduism346]

Gerg Chappel sabotaged team India's prospects and brought up fitness just as a racist , colonial dog whistle excuse to break the morale of Indian cricket team. He was racist , Hindu hater and good for nothing. Dropping Ganguly was his worst sabotage attempt. These people cannot even dare to speak anything against today's India's cricket team.

[@ankushkoul7912]

I still remember, Ganguly was totally out of form from like a year or more and used to score 2 3 runs and that short ball which every team discovered that he cannot play made him get out so often. One day i heard that he is dropped 😮😮😮😮, we were in that mentality that a big player will remain in the team till he retires but then Greg chappel came from that environment where Steve waugh had to retire from one days because he was slow between the wickets 😅😅😅 Nevertheless, Ganguly made a comeback and wow, he was at the top of his game, scored runs and retired shortly after. 😢

[@captprice0079]

Dhoni stayed in the team with no runs longer than Ganguly did.

[@gonlyhlpz]

​@@captprice0079you have no clue what you are blabbering, Dhoni was always the performer, he hardly faced criticism for his batting, sourav was very selfish, and he used captaincy for his own benefits

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

@@captprice0079 💯 percent. Even Virat Kohli also. Ganguly had gone out only because of the Mumbai lobby. A selfish person can't be an excellent leader of men. When he was in the helm, challenged and defeated a mighty Australian, Pakistani, SA and English teams.He was a tougher customer as captain than any other.

[@aadeezology9743]

@@captprice0079 nope, Dhoni at his "dropped form" phase, stillwas a regular scorer. There were two years only where he had suffered huge dip in form, 2016 and 2018. In 2016, I believe two of his series didn't go well, but he came back into form in the next by coming up the order. At that time he had expressed that he wants to bat at number 4 or 5 now since he knew his game had changed at that point of time. He also however gave up captaincy to be fair to the team and not take decisions for his own betterment. Now with Virat incharge, Virat had no faith in anyone except Dhoni to bat lower down the order, he needed that solid backbone. 2017 it worked, Dhoni was still running hot, had Raina and Yuvraj around to help form partnerships. 2018, those two were not there and all he had were batsmen throwing wickets all around him. Because form is a mental state, he could not have played his best IPL season AND his worst international season at the same time. He regained it though, 2019 started with a bang. Funnily enough his "number 7" dropped form average is still more than a certain opener's dropped form average who is still whining about being dropped and not getting a damn man of the match

[@arka_world]

@@gonlyhlpzdhoni was supposed to play ar no 3..he changed his position to no 6 and in situation when the team needed him to play as a batsman, he failed..he was able to win matches when the run requirement was 50,60 or 80…he had a long innings building capacity at the initial times which he himself ruined by changing his batting position..on the other hand Ganguly has wonderful record as opener with sachin…where he has to face new ball and he used to ball couple of overs as well…no doubt dhoni was the best captain we witnessed, but dhoni was not a good batter during 70% of his career

[@cricket_football2093]

Ganguly didn't deserve to be in the team on the basis of his performance in 2004-2005 year. he was really bad in form, needed a kick to start playing better cricket.

[@gauravkalra4]

Chappell here says that he told Sourav that if he wanted to stay in the team he needs to perform.. but he later says that Ganguly never performed again.. how shameless he is !! Ganguly scored 3 hundreds and 5 fifties in Tests and 8 fifties in ODI's..

[@andy-pf5hs]

I think he meant up untill his tenure. Once dropped Ganguly cameback two series away from the world cup in first odi against West Indies may be as an opener where he scored 98

[@gauravkalra4]

@@andy-pf5hs Even untill his tenure.. He scored 2 Test hundreds and 5 ODI fifties.. check it..!!

[@andy-pf5hs]

@@gauravkalra4 I just checked you are partly correct his test century against Zimbabwe in 2005 came right before before dropped.

[@gauravkalra4]

@@andy-pf5hs Even ODI fifties against Sri Lanka and Windies and Test century too

[@divyasinha3069]

Who the hell Mr. Greg to dictate terms. One need to understand that he had been appointed as coach. If it is true that Ganguly never performed again, even though Greg is not authorised to drop him. We are debating on Greg actions but never thinking of the person behind him validating the Greg. The politics empowering Greg, actualy responsible for debacle in wc 2007. Greg was merely a failure coach who started mind game just to hide his impotency.

[@abhijit2406]

Greg transformed the fitness of the team and overall mentality. He didn’t get his dues but he did served well that helped in the long run

[@reconquistahinduism346]

Gerg Chappel sabotaged team India's prospects and brought up fitness just as a racist , colonial dog whistle excuse to break the morale of Indian cricket team. He was racist , Hindu hater and good for nothing. Dropping Ganguly was his worst sabotage attempt. These people cannot even dare to speak anything against today's India's cricket team.

[@aadhikary2466]

​@@reconquistahinduism346I cannot agree with you more except at one point. The great Chappal is a racist and has discrimination against Indian players. I think that he came to India later as an advisor of Australian team and Team Australia lost.

[@reconquistahinduism346]

@@aadhikary2466 Australian team lost because no one can everytime. It's that simple. India had already been a world cup champion even before Chappel's entry as a coach. Team India reinvented itself after 2007 crash. Coaches had nothing to do with its revival.

[@AB-pl6ip]

Wtf are you talking about? Are you on drugs or some shit?

[@chalkandcheese1868]

​@@reconquistahinduism346lmfao, you really are ridiculous people.

[@ayushdutta2065]

He speaks of young but Ganguly chose Sehwag, dhoni, Zaheer, Kaif , Yuvraj. He was young too . Chappell and More publicly humiliated a guy by stripping his captaincy off then dropping him and the only thing they said 'He just wanted us to return a favour, he wanted me to be grateful"

[@hindu994]

Chappell nd More... Dono jhaatu

[@musicuniverse5896]

It's Mumbai lobby who removed Ganguly not Chappell

[@neelkantsharma5530]

He was a complicated man with a mission to destroy the same Indian team which had defeated Australian team in test matches.

[@ln3257]

When he came along, Australia had thrashed India in India..both in ODIs and in tests😂😂😂 excuses😂😂😂

[@akshat6007]

What a biased interviewer asking questions which have made conclusions by themselves

[@AR-by2lk]

Even today Some of our indians think that "if all seniors are out of the side then India can do well this is Some of our people's thoughts". For example if we take Srilanka, South Africa , pakistan and Australia all seniors almost retired. Now we can understand how srilanka and Pakistan are playing. An international team must be a mixed blend of seniors and juniors. In 1983 world cup, we can observe that Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and some others are seniors. In T20 world cup 2007, senior Sehwag, Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh are seniors. They are above 25 age. That is not an under19 team to say it's a young team. Some of our people adopted Greg Chappell mind set but the point is in his tenure we didn't win a single icc trophy with or without Ganguly. After he was gone to Australia then the Indian team's success began. If he is the real man and a fighter, he would have stayed here and would have made indian team great. Real greats are Lalchand Rajput, vengsarkar, venkatesh prasad and Robin Singh, gary Kirsten. This is called management and bringing out the wonderful performances.

[@ameyparab8150]

Write much long essay

[@davismaac]

Mr.Chappell I dont want to make any comments on this issue as its all clear now but I thing for sure don't ever dare to come in OUR INDIA. Regards All Cricket lovers.

[@pushpakshejul4528]

Some people are just better off players and not coach. Chapell belongs to that "people".

[@romakashyap2119]

Clearly a lot of biased folks here who just look at things from one perspective... Claiming Ganguly was a great captain. His record was shit before he was dropped and that was for years. He literally piggybacked on Dravid, Sachin and other players for any success he had during that time. The team would have a much more success rate had he not been in the side. If you don't believe me look at any of his notable wins that he boosts about he would rarely performed. All his man of of match/ series wins came early on before he became the captain. He needed to go but unfortunately with the fan following that he had amassed it was difficult to do so. Also clearly he played politics to reinstate Greg Chappell thinking he would be a yes man. When that was not the case things started to go south... No respect for those who only look at the 2007 world cup and give out judgment. Indian cricket needed reforms which were later brought on during Dhoni's time which led to major wins but were clearly started during Greg's time.

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

What were the reforms? The then team were more competent in both ODI and Test, where as later on the team became ODI specialist. Do you think in 2011 wc final opponent was the same as in 2003 wc? Who had authorised Greg to take control over all affairs giving the excuse of politics? Why Ganguly came back, if he doesn't want to work on his batting. Why Ganguly was not given chance as batsman only, knowing the fact captaincy takes its toll and If one has to believe that Greg adviced him to leave captaincy, why not stick to the plan? When Greg says that BCCI was ready to renew his contract who stopped him to continue? Is Greg himself a competitive person to select, coach and lead the team? If not what qualify him to step in the shoes of captain, selectors. Are these false narratives are not set by haters of Ganguly at the cost of cricket reputation? Why should Ganguly expect Greg to follow him? It was greg who want to become selector of team. In 2022, are team India stable and competent enough to beat like team Australia 2003. Fan following amassed by Ganguly restricted the selectors to oust him? Virat Kohli is even more lengthy out of form but selectors have done good job to continue him as batsman only.

[@userKK2023]

1:57 Don't be an asshole Greg, all seniors were outperforming before you became the coach - Kumble took Test wickets in a single year (2004), Sourav Ganguly got Test wins and runs in WI, Eng, Aus and Pakistan, Dravid got match-winning double centuries in Adelaide and Rawalpindi; so did Laxman, and Sachin was still scoring runs fast. India had already reached a World Cup Final before you were signed, and when you became coach, India had to exit in the first round!

[@singularsink]

huu... being a Ganguly fan it's hard to bat for Chappell but in the hindsight it was probably fair for Saurav to go that time (though not the way he was treated). He was merely going through the motion, not making any runs. But getting dropped woke him up and the next few years were the Golden years of his career in my opinion. On Chappell's coaching ability... probably the worst coach of all time, may be technically one of the best but had ZERO man management skill which led to "with me or against me" divide. What added fuel is the meek captain in Rahul who literally had no voice to pacify or tame down Chappell. The greatest blessing from that saga was the next Gen cricketers like Dhoni, Kohli... who valued fitness, athleticism and a cut throat attitude which took Indian cricket to new height and which we are so accustomed to see it today... BTY, after the NZ ans Australia series loos seems like we need such a thunderbolt AGAIN :)

[@ayushdutta2065]

Facts not Stated : Sourav Ganguly is known as one of the best captains of the world , leading the team when there were certain players embroiled in match fixing. 2) Sourav Ganguly led the team to WORLD CUP 2003 final whereas during the coaching of Greg Chappell the team could not cross Round 1. The next World Cup however was won by India . 3) No-one wanted favour to be returned , infact in India people think opposite, we don't even take the concept of 'I owe you one that seriously" 4) Ganguly fought for you and rooted for your million dollar job is because your certain technique helped him get the Gabba century of 144. He wanted you to teach the team. Not play as a selector, threat them with outster.

[@millions1022]

Why can't you digest the fact that Ganguly was dropped bcoz of his poor form for 4years? It was the right thing for the team.

[@millions1022]

@@yesno5480 Truth is always bitter for people who would like to treat cricketers like God. Such a culture has not changed in India. Ganguly has performed no miracle to take India to World cup final. I'm not denying the fact we played well in the tournament to put ourselves in a comfortable position. It is very difficult for any professional to work with Indian Cricketers especially the veterans(superstars). They always believed that they are bigger than the game. When Greg Chappell tried to bring professionalism,accountability,fitness,team play into the group, Everyone was uncomfortable to get out of their zone and work hard. Chappell was right. It's important for Indian Cricketers to be in the team at any cost rather than making team India best in the world. It's not Chappell alone, Indian Captain Kohli had a problem with Kumble when he tried to bring discipline into their lifestyle. So Chappell can't be blamed as a ringmaster when our Cricketers like to drink,wake up late for the match and be overweight(Yuvraj Singh,Zaheer Khan). Still demand a place in the squad. That is unacceptable. No will agree although stats clearly suggests that Ganguly was in pathetic form ever since he took over the captaincy. He took his place for granted and stopped working hard. He wanted to remain the captain because that's the only way he could have been in the team. That's 100% selfishness... From Ganguly,Tendulkar to Dhoni. We have seen it all. All passed their prime and remained in the team because they just wanted to and the selectors nor BCCI president had the balls to question or take a decision on merit. India lives on past glory and emotions. We treat people from sports,cinema and politics like God. One of the main reasons why India struggle to move forward in various platforms. Especially Sports. Chappell only did rights things keeping Indian Cricket in mind. I love Indian Cricket more than the Cricketers who represent my country. Hence I don't care who it is, If a player is not performing, He should be dropped which sets a theme very clear for others in the dressing room. I hope all Ganguly supporters see some sense after reading it

[@millions1022]

@@yesno5480 Tendulkar played for the sake of the 100th century for the sake of fans. But yes, He should have retired. But why the hell should board wait till someone makes an announcement. Why can't the selectors on the paid job remove them and prepare a team for the next world cup? Just to answer your question, Sachin should have done it. Wait, Dravid,Laxman,Ganguly and Dhoni all of them should have done it. But all of them overstayed and that's the culture of Indian cricket. Live in with past reputation.

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

@@millions1022 Greg was a great liar and shameless cheater also. He said that Ganguly does not want to work. If it true how Ganguly came back in his tenure itself. Ganguly was without doubt a better person, reformer, captain, administrator and one of greats of Indian cricket. He doesn't need validation from cheater who send his brother to bowl under arm bowl.

[@planewanderer]

@@millions1022 You are bang on point. All the seniors Ganguly, Zaheer, Nehra , Sehwag, Bhajji, Kumble were performing terribly . Took Indian team rotting at no 7 to no 2 in ODIs .They defeated ranked 2 SL team with Jayasuriya, Vaas, Murali, Sangakkara 5-1. They had 16 win chasing streak for first time. Ganguly did petty politics to keep Yuvi out of tests because his own place would be in threat. Chappell & John Wright's books reveal a lot about Indian cricket culture . Chappell wrote in his book, once Ganguly said to Laxman that Chappell no longer considers he is good enough to be in team. So, when Laxman questioned Chappell, he replied "I never said that." & then together went to talk to Ganguly where he stammered & said "Chappell said you can play in tests but not in ODIs " . When Ganguly asked him about performance review after NZ Zim tri series, Chappell talked with him for 2-3 hours about how he himself , Border & many other players left captaincy to regain their form . Later on Ganguly scores a slow 100 from 260 balls vs Zim & goes to press conference saying how Chappell wants to remove him from captaincy . In a Match vs SA in Kolkata, crowd throwed slippers, shoes at Chappell & supported SA team & booed Indian team just because Ganguly was dropped . Everyone ganged up against a foreign coach who wanted the team to improve . They lost the ODI WC with oldies but immediately won T20 WC with the same players Chappell was backing all along. No foreign coach should bother coaching Indian team . Their seniority first mentality, petty nationalism , hero worship mentality is rotten to the core.

[@amithpallavoor]

Great batsman but very poor man management skills.

[@sktj2012]

People did not want to be in best team??? You are talking about Tendulkar, Dravid, Kumble, Dhoni?? Are you kidding?? they are the greatest ambassadors the game has ever produced..

[@raviladva3959]

Greg: It's more important to the Indian player to be in the team than to be the best team. Virat Kholi: Hold My Lassi

[@prassadable]

This is the problem in our nation we value cricketers more then the game , dada had huge problem playing with bouncers ( that’s the reason after worldcup 2003 he failed to make centuries in ODIs because bowlers knew about his weakness Greg wanted him to work on short pitch deliveries ) even with Sehwag his feet ain’t moving @ all look his records in overseas ( Australia , South Africa , England ). Very low performance. , he wanted to make sehwag to improve on his feet movement ( but again n our nation players ego s much bigger then game ). , Greg wanted to bring fitness n team India which we were lacking ( apart from yuvi , kaif , Dravid ) Non of the players were fit , the reason for 2007 worldcup lose a just Beca of the players ego , the same happening now with dhoni ( ppl hate him Beca he gave chances to new players he emphasised on fitness bu sacking old players ) result see team India now apart from 1 or 2 every player is fit , way they field run between wkts is just awesome ,

[@MAnIsHkb679]

India won 8 out of 10 games in the recently concluded WC 2019 and if it was not for dhoni (who was brought into the team by chappell) we would have folded for 100 runs.. He may have been a bad manager but his ideas and vision of creating a young team of raw cricketeers was amazing....

[@irshadali1944]

Greg wants Sachin to bat down the order, that itself shows he is terrible

[@ashutoshhegde7290]

@@MAnIsHkb679 what rubbish. Dhoni was brought in by ganguly and John wright. A idiot like chappal would have never even picked him, and even if he did, he would have destroyed his career. Chappal is a proven failure as a coach and selector. Let's put aside India, why did he fail so badly as a selector in Australia? Even his records previous to coaching India was bad.

[@munmunhazarika5247]

Probably the best batsman after sir bradman

[@srikk9]

@Subhrangshu Chakraborty What matter is is your form in last 6 months.....I think in 2005 Ganguly was terrible....He should have given up captaincy and concentrated on batting....

[@rkrk5378]

Basically,, He tried 1. Ganguly leaves the team (One of the best captain) 2. Sachin to bat down the order (One of the best player/opener till date) 3. He asked sachin to replace dravid as captain few months before the WC 🤣 4. Asked Laxman to open in test matches ELSE he will be dropped 🤣 and then he was expecting results RESULT = India could not even qualify in the WC 2007

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

Well said. He was giving allusion with his words but acting against the progressive and smooth changes in team. It's a clear case of poor management trying to cover with haughty words and blame game. You can add Irfan Pathan too.

[@shankariyer8378]

Greg Chappell was the worst coach ever. As a person also he was vengeful.

[@anuragsarnaik]

To be honest, I don’t think he is totally wrong. He came from a sports culture which built the best team of his time for many years and he was perhaps trying to inculcate the same culture in India. The real issue was the superhero culture in Indian cricket which he tried to get rid off and made everyone including the seniors accountable. He introduced some youngsters who served India for many years even after his tenure. It’s just that a culture change takes time and he may have just rushed it. Many of the youngsters (Raina, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Irfan etc.) played the t20 WC of 2007 and won it and even the 2011 World Cup. This shows that his intentions were definitely good.

[@aniruddha4023]

And look we are again into the superhero culture all over again

[@arnaboceanatyahoo]

Agreed

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

What about Gary Kertsen? He was also foreigner. World Cup winner Australian team 2003 had a blend of compact and skilled players full of experienced, specialists and all rounders. Only young does not win the match but definately will win greg favour. Dhoni, Irfan, Yuvraj all were inducted and groomed by Ganguly when Greg was not in helm. Super hero culture is media perspective. When a player represent its team performance only matters.

[@arnaboceanatyahoo]

@@sanjaykumarsinha6907 now a days performance does not matter for the current Indian team... example kl Rahul....

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

@@arnaboceanatyahoo What do you want to say? Sachin, Ganguly Dravid, Sehwag, kumble, Harbhajan, Zaheer, Yuvraj, Laxman were a day performer? Australian team of Ponting, Gilchrist, Haden, Symonds Beban, Shane, Lee, Mcgrath were more crafted/skilled, experienced, compact and specialists. They were neither young nor changed at regular interval. They were dominant in 3 consecutive WC same like WI team of 80s. Greg narrative for Indian team was never a culture of Australian team neither Australians have found him eligible for coach. Indian team have never achieved such dominance, compactness, skill and continuity of performance.

[@raviRehan-cn1wm]

🏏.......Greg Chappel was a very stylish and open hearted batsman in his days...........However he turned out to be a very stubborn and complicated person,,as a head coach of India, ,,, ,,,, ,,,,,,,surely he seemed on a mission to break & destroy Team India and played all sorts of insidious games,,,,,,,,,Mr.Greg should have been sacked much early ,,,,,,,,,its a shame this didn't happen,,,,,,,,,, ,,Sourav Ganguly was the greatest left handed opening batsman & A Captain In The World those days,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Aboveall 90 %% of the team mates stood firmly with our DADA,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Mr.Greg is telling big lies and nonsense...........What happened in the 2007 World Cup tells the whole story, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,A Cup India Would Have Won 🏆🌹haggered Ganguly had turned out the highest scorer in the humiliating Indian Team,,,,,,,,,,,,, Love and all cheers to Sourav Ganguly 💙🕊🌻and shame to some÷÷×× !!

[@kp4714]

Greg Chappell- the fool of the decade.

[@niladrimukherjee2098]

Many Aussie cricketers had advised Saurav Ganguly not go ahead with Greg Chappel but Saurav was a fool .

[@aftersonu]

Like.. Plz name them..

[@krishkasturirangan1078]

Ganguly, Sachin, Sehwag, Harbhajan, Kaif, VVS, Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj .... None of these guys had anything good to say about Greg Chappel.... They all say the same thing... Greg took Indian Cricket backwards..... Looks like Greg Chappel was living in some Paralell Universe.

[@chalkandcheese1868]

Indian cricket's always been backwards, it's no wonder you never won anything

[@jigarp999]

Of course, we will never know the true story but he is right about the hierarchy and cultural aspects of India where if you are Jr. you don't disagree or put forward your views strongly to a senior. India believes in a culture of hierarchy and worshipping of those above you. So having a coach who comes from a very different society will always be a problem.

[@HarshadKolwankar]

True

[@reconquistahinduism346]

​@@HarshadKolwankarwhat right ? That's plain racist , irrational, bigoted, anti Hindu non sense . You can see those same traits everywhere infact much more than in the UK built totally on looted resources and murders. Try speaking against the King who is a king only because of biblical superstion and see what happens. Indian cricket team destroyed itself for a short while listening to this r**cal. Can he dare to say the same about India and Indian team of today ?? He will be lynched online in no time. India in those days was stupid and unable to know who it's real enemies are.

[@frankenstein1995may]

Australians are professionals..but sadly Indians lack professionalism very much..not only in cricket but everywhere..that is why the coutry is lagging behind. Once Indians achieve upto a level they take the rest of their life for granted and stop working hard.

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

I agree that Australian does not want to loose. But it is hardly digestible that Australians in general are professionals. Greg was also neither a professional coach nor a manager. In his hurry he started mind game to capture power in BCCI. He succeeded in power game but failed in professionalism. As usual he is justifying his under arm ball. You can't take away the confidence of a professional, he will bounce back and hit double century like Ganguly(pride indian and true professional) than mincing his words like Greg who once said Ganguly lacks professionalism. In fact, Greg does not deserve to be coach otherwise Australians or others have given him the responsibility. Do not try to fool us. We have won over Australians many times at our own.

[@MOKHUTA]

How shamelessly he's saying that ganguly didn't do what he promised n who in the hell does the so called coaching by throwing the captain out..... Wow

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

Exactly, he mean to say that power of selection automatically transfer to him as soon as player does not obey him. Further, if the board does not obey him, he will select himself as Chairman of board automatically. The salary, perquisite and tenure will be decided by Greg himself.

[@sreenivasl8958]

Chappey boy he wanted to do a robert clive but just couldn't get his mir jaffer.

[@srikanthsv79]

Pretty sure Chappell approach was right & whatever the team is doing now or playing now is due to his methods alone, even the players r dropped after few failures

[@sreenivasl8958]

@@srikanthsv79 how can you be so sure of that?? Why didn't they apply in 2007 world cup then??? Please don't discredit the efforts of Dhoni's mind game.

[@srikanthsv79]

@@sreenivasl8958 2007 wc was entirely different but the 2007 wt20 followed the same mantra & was successful. But good use of example though, even when it's wrong as history is interesting

[@sreenivasl8958]

@@srikanthsv79 How 2007 worldcup was different from other series and what was the mantra that India followed in t20wc. Enlighten us.

[@srikanthsv79]

@@sreenivasl8958 that was the first time a t20 game was played on large scale, rest of the teams went with all seniors or few juniors etc while india went with most debutants, most people whose faces were never seen & they were apt for this format at the right time. While it didn't work for other wt20's as other teams wisened up on how to play this format. Taking so many new guys was something great MSD did.

[@real2150]

Look when he is talking about Ganguly... You can make out how he is lying... As the moment he says "He agreed and then he didn't do it" Chappell's voice get low... His body language changes tremendously and he shrinks, you can see he is not confident in what he is saying... He trying to defend himself... That too with a very worst approach...

[@homosapiens...]

Over thinker?

[@mridul_venus]

@@homosapiens... May be he is.. but no one can deny the fact that Greg is a piece of shit

[@anirbanchakraborty1464]

I liked the point where he said the people are happy just being part of the team rather than the part of the best team.... But the fact he brought his own thinking into the team and forced some changes way too soon that led to the downfall.... Yess he dropped Sourav coz of this technique and due to his lack of runs but could he replace him with someone who made that place their own... eventually Sourav had to come back... And even when he came the techniques were the same... He never was a good player of short ball... But even Greg couldn't bring anyone who could replace dada for good.

[@ballpool-go5xx]

I commented F****r but deleted it, not because of your reputation, because of my upbringing.

[@edhoss1088]

India will never ever be the best team in the world.

[@Rohit-ib5hh]

Dear Greg, you were right at your place. However, in India we don't care about winning trophies, we only want to see our favourite cricketers on the field. That's why despite being richest cricket bord with all facilities we have only 2 odi world cup trophies. And one of them was just a favour of luck (1983). We are fans of cricketers not the cricket.

[@simonandrews5256]

Dear Greg, you tried your best to ruin Indian cricket.. good thing you were *booted* out of Indian coaching before you could do more damage.. good riddance!!!

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

Dear Greg, in india we will not ask you why india was out of race in first round of WC 2007 after having your favourable selection comittee and richest board, but continue to believe that 'Greg is always great'. Now, we learned that coach only can play the game rest of eleven are only the puppets and to be a coach, one should be master in mind game rather than genuine coach.

[@AR-by2lk]

Hi, Any idea on why Australian cricket team lost to Indian cricket team on their own soil for 2 consecutive times. Ironically now Saurav Ganguly is the BCCI president and India is playing ICC world test championship. Australia is not even in finals. What Mr. Dear Greg is doing now. Ganguly was not fit to be our team captain but Tim Paine is suitable to be an Australian cricket team captain. Wow!!! Dear Greg, Australian team needs your advice now. Save them now. Thank you brother.

[@kitinthegym]

Agree bro

[@Kuchvikarega1234]

@@AR-by2lk hey bro 2018 sourav was not bcci president And Sourav was BCCI president not a coach or player of the team. So stop writing shit over herr

[@diptenbanerjee7325]

Forget Sourav. The man would've made 10,000 ODI runs with or without you Greg. What did you do with Irfan Pathan?

[@AR-by2lk]

And some people here questioning Sachin Tendulkar's patriotism saying he is selfish plays for himself. Wow what an analysis. Go and see his strike rate, average, runs, catches once. See Sharjah desert storm in Australia then question his integrity. Watch 2003 world cup pakistan match and talk about his integrity. In 1999 world cup, after his father's expiry, playing for the country now question his integrity. Many of us don't d our jobs well with dedication we question Tendulkar's integrity. some of us even can't play with cricket ball. We most of us play with rubber balls and tennis balls. We question Tendulkar's integrity. What a pity yaar.

[@AMJ564]

Everyone in India talks about greg as a coach who didn't do any good to Indian cricket. But nobody talks about the captain who gave him support Dravid. I mean it doesn't matter how much power greg was given as a coach ut would have been impossible even for him to boss around the Indian team without the support of the captain and the board

[@reconquistahinduism346]

Gerg Chappel sabotaged team India's prospects and brought up fitness just as a racist , colonial dog whistle excuse to break the morale of Indian cricket team. He was racist , Hindu hater and good for nothing. Dropping Ganguly was his worst sabotage attempt. These people cannot even dare to speak anything against today's India's cricket team.

[@yuvasam7217]

To be honest.. he transformed indian team to be best chasing team..Under him 15 or 16 ODI matches consecutively we won chasing without sourav.Even in test matches we won matches in south Africa and won series against windies..I don't know wat went wrong during WC"07..entire team chocked..

[@nsundu123]

During 2007 WC They just added people , infact India had a good practise game , problem arises when they took Bangla lightly and worst was They couldn't maintain a good run Rate just 2 Runs per over and Sachin Dravid were well contained with left hand spinners !!! And Wrong call of Dravid he should have bowled vs Bangla Batted vs Srilanka and not using Irfan , Irfan would have been a Lethal weapon in game against Bangla !!! I'm not a Fan or fanatic but must admit Chappel brought some set of bowlers who helped us Dominating in over seas soil !!!

[@satypk8664]

Subhrangshu Chakraborty so what no any other coach was able to do so .

[@pushpitsingh3003]

We lost the test series in South Africa and were humiliated in the odi series 4-0 . 2007 wc group stage , 2006 ct group phase that too in India . West Indies was very weak by then so winning a series was not a big deal by then . Chasing record that too at home against weak oppositions Not only Ganguly but this moron tried to destroy career of other players too like Sehwag zaheer Harbhajan Laxman . 2011 world cup we won with almost same bunch of players

[@srikk9]

Format was out problem in 2007, world cup....we had two bad games and we were out of it .....

[@nsundu123]

@Suvro Chakraborty They won west indies series 2006 1-0 !!!

[@FrenchCutcricket]

It was BCCI fault who made him coach

[@rakshithnayak1206]

It was saurav ganguly fault

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

@@rakshithnayak1206 Saurabh Ganguly made him coach but Kiran More & Co. made him selector. Have you heard anywhere that coach is dictating terms of selection. So called supporters of Greg never discuss about his coaching skill, he was appointed for. So, Greg was 100% succeeded in mind game but obviously mind game does not fetch result.

[@arjunprabhu6742]

Asking Sachin to bat at number 4 was the dumbest decision.

[@harshmohanbadola]

WORST COACH EVER.....

[@proscrips]

When you employ an ethically immoral person, there will be consequences. Greg Chappell was an ethically immoral person. He was the one responsible for the infamous underarm bowling incident and maybe many more other incidents of sledging which went unnoticed at that time due to lack of match referees. So making him the team manager was the worst decision of BCCI in its history.

[@nitasengupta]

Inviting him to India was a very bad decision...great batsman but inept coach🚫

[@deeptweshdm2536]

Even a peak Australia couldn't tolerate you greg...so bugger odd

[@Vengeance81819]

After that horrible world cup, result the same year india won the inaugural t20i wc. 4 years later India won the odi cwc 2011. So all his statements he put up there shamelessly have no relevance at all. Although my question is why are you bringing coaches from abroad when you have the best resources in your own country.

[@05udc08097]

A dirty fish make the whole pond dirty,and Greg Chappel is the perfect example,the allegations he is making that indian player are happy to be part of team rather than being part of best team,if that were to be true than india wouldn't have been a force in world cricket,just see the present scenario,dada is BCCI president now, ruling indian cricket, where as Australian cricket board doesn't even consider Chappell to be worthy enough of being coach let alone considering him to make boss of cricket Australia board

[@ln3257]

Sorry to say this but he's right..in An interview harbhajan had said recalling the 2001 test series vs australia, the 1st test in mumbai where he said " we got thrashed by Australia.. Gilchrist smashed us, Hayden smashed us,we lost in 3 days..but luckily I had picked 4 wickets so I was happy to be selected for the next test" That is a culture in indian cricket. Plus indian cricket was not a force to reckon with then.. I don't think it's now either.. the board is rich definitely but when was the last time we won an icc trophy??!

[@05udc08097]

@@ln3257 but,they made comeback, isn't it,had they lost the series,I would have agreed with Greg Chappell

[@ln3257]

@@05udc08097 I agree with you that harbhajan had an amazing series and he made india win then.. but you do understand my point na.. they really honestly cared about their own position than the team first.. how it went is irrespective of what the attitude of the team was wouldn't you agree?

[@arunraju9705]

I dont see anything wrong in what he said - pretty sure players were complacent with their performances then, proof? Look at the current team, you don't perform for a match or two you are history. Most people just dumbly hate the guy without understanding how things were back then.

[@AR-by2lk]

Hi bro, kindly ask him to coach Australian team and make them victorious. Australian team has been in mess now. Involved in ball tampering, lost to Indian cricket team in their home soil. Now ironically, Saurav Ganguly the Great Greg Chappell who removed him from the team is bcci president. Australia lost in Australian soil and India is in World test championship finals. Now Australian cricket team needs this Guy's advice on how to improve.Where is he now? Any guesses

[@SradhaSumansskjohn]

Horrible Coach. Specially man manager.

[@aritrasengupta9322]

Well, Greg Chappell is intelligent enough to understand that having been a great player in the past does not authorize him to order or enforce drastic changes in an international cricket team. A coaches job at the international level is to be in sync with the captain, suggest constructive changes, and develop strategies both short-term and long term. It’s a no-brainer that either Greg is high-headed and irrational or it was a deliberate attempt on his part to destroy the core of Indian cricket fabric at that time.

[@Arghamaz]

Yes I think intentional

[@anuragsarnaik]

Greg was certainly interested in the betterment of Indian cricket. He tried to inculcate Australian sports culture (perform or perish) into the Indian team. Unfortunately, the Indian mindset (nepotism, hero worshipping, favoritism, living on past laurels) won’t accept such culture easily. Certain players in the team at that time (Bhajji, Zaheer, Sehwag) owe their careers to Ganguly. They were never going to accept chappel. Thus he had to resign. Let’s not forget that Chappell introduced and backed some youngsters like Dhoni, Raina and even Yuvraj who won us the 2011 WC.

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

@@anuragsarnaik Bhajji, Jaheer and Sehwag had more competency and longitivity than the counterparts of Greg. In fact, Ganguly has instilled the merit based selection and hunger to win attitudes in Indian team. The main difference between the then Australian team were skill and compactness which was rendering edge over Indian team. Captaincy was taking tall to batsmanship of Ganguly. Here comes Greg with mind game and the support of BCCI as self proclaimed reformer. But after debacle in wc 2007, he lost the purchaser of his theory. Dhoni and Yuvraj were inducted and promoted by Ganguly.

[@aakash999999]

At least he’s receptive and taking about his Flaws during his tenure as a coach. A good example of self-reflection but wish he had reflected during his tenure

[@kawsernoman5105]

Hathuru is still treated in the same way here in Bangladesh. Chappell is right. It's tough for any coach to work with bigger names in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan,Srilanka . They're just so much bigger than the game after becoming senior or great performer for the teams. May be for these reasons ,in near future we'll not see many of the best coaches, analysts working for the national sides. Farther it's easier to work with the franchise teams. Make a good portfolio and with that if you can work with ecb,CA or psl,IPL etc.

[@millions1022]

Wise words my friend.. This is what I've been saying for 10 years on KZbin. Senior players think they are bigger than the game. Nobody saw wisdom in my words rather supported Ganguly & other seniors.

[@kawsernoman5105]

@@millions1022 interesting,u also think?can we talk?

[@millions1022]

@@kawsernoman5105 Definitely Kawser. Liked minded people are hard to find. How can I drop a Private msg?

[@TheMotorman1981]

Greg Chappel is a man of discipline.He is extreme orthodox, old fashioned and self opinionated. But he is not a bad person..He is currently going through financial crisis , he could overcome if he uses funds from Chappel Foundation but he never does that.. He is not a bad person, but maybe not a good coach with realistic goals

[@RahulPatel]

In 2003, India got to the WC Final with a weaker team. In 2007, we had Yuvraj down the order, Irfan as a great swing bowler, Zaheer & Harbhajan as experienced bowlers, & Dhoni as a great hitter & wicket keeper. Greg Chappel was the worst phase of Indian cricket in last 3 decades.

[@krishkrangan152]

Because of you Ganguly played 40 ODI and 10 tests lesser…. His record speaks for himself… you and your delusional thoughts…

[@Arnav_gamer652]

He tells to anchor that our middle order is weak during wc 2007 .That's why he tell sachin tendulkar to bat at no 4. How there can be problem in middle order if we had batsmen like dravid ms dhoni yuvraj singh and Robin uthappa.

[@srikanthsv79]

Well they did at that time, even now we have that problem even when we have big names like pant, Iyer, Surya, Pandya, Jadeja etc

[@karthikbs9482]

Greg Chappell is misunderstood genius , hard to work with toxic players like Ganguly

[@hyena131]

@carsick b ess Hush, foolish little *TROLL* ...hush. You're boring.

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

The the same genius thrown into garbage by BCCI once it's game is over😂😂

[@pila24]

I always thought he was wrong but after listening to what he said , it made really sense to me . 1) when the entire batting dependent on sachin at that time , why can't he open up in the middle order and strengthen it . 2) ganguly was expecting special treatment bcoz he was a senior . But chappel had really a great vision . Bcoz of which he encourage pathan as an allrounder, when there was no proper all rounder after kapil dev for india .

[@doctorjoy2688]

Greg Chappell...the worst coach in the history of Indian Cricket! In 2007 India could not even go past the group stages of world cup...no other coach of India can achieve that!

[@captprice0079]

Dhoni did all these things ultimately

[@kanthector]

He never got the chance to coach any other national team. The scoundrel was there just for money

[@psychotormentor3278]

One can forgive his spat with Ganguly….but Greg cannot and shouldn’t ever be forgiven for what he did to Irfan Pathan …..

[@chiranjitdebnath6921]

I blame him for our 2007 world cup debacle along with Mr Rahul dravid who was nothing but a puppet captain he let him destroy Indian cricket, may be because in exchange of captaincy . I use to respect Rahul so much but that period I use to hate him as being captain he could have stopped those nonsense. Team atmosphere was so bad that Sachin was thinking of an early retirement, Rahul could have stood to his team mates but he didn't the result was obvious 2007 WC cutiyappa

[@Apple55330]

Darkest 2 years for Indian cricket in the current century

[@sln7839]

Greg Chappell may be right in assessing Saurav. Indian batsmen never like to retire whether they perform or not.

[@ChaitanyaJoshi0105]

Bcoz he messed up with Ganguly. He lost respect, He lost his contract as coach. None of the cricket nations ever thought of make him a coach. Lost job as commentator as well. Whereas Ganguly played for next 1.5 years, Retired like a King. He was a BCCI president & he has ability and skills to become ICC president as well. Never ever mess with Dada.

[@bryxxdore4150]

So he wanted the best batsman to bat in middle rather than prepare a youngester like dhoni or Yuvraj. Goes to show what type of a coach he was

[@planewanderer]

Counter opinion: 2007 T20 WC win was entirely due to Chappell's hardwork . Team of younger players playing fearlessly . Had he got his way, team would have gone till the Super 8's just like the England team that time . Gambhir, MSD, Sreesanth, RP Singh ,Irfan ,Utthapa all improved and got maximum chances during Chappell's tenure . They along with Yuvi & Sehwag helped India win T20 WC . Ganguly was losing series after series to Pakistan, SL, lots of tri series like the one vs NZ & Zim, even lost to Aus in India, lost badly in Aus tri series. Post 2003 WC, barring a couple of series , both his & the entire team's performance was dismal . He was averaging around 20 in ODIs at SR below 70 for those 2-3 years & between 25-30 in tests in the same period . If he did not have Late Dalmiya's support, he would not have lasted that long . Change of presidency immediately led to him going out of favour. India was loitering at rank 7 in ODIs when he was discarded . Immediately in the first series vs SL who were ranked no.2 with Murali, Vaas, Jayasuriya, Jayawardene, Attapattu at their peak they demolished them 5-1 . Drew a series vs SA at home 2-2, when Chappell was thrown shoes at Kolkatta . Won ODI series vs Eng at home convincingly & drew tests . Won ODI series vs Pak in Pak & lost in tests .He was on song in Asia. Team had consecutive chasing record over 15 games . He did lose a few series vs Aus in Kualalumpur Tri series, vs Windies in ODIs but won the tests there , lost both tests & ODIs vs SA in SA . Fielding was incredible . Only problem was the pro Ganguly faction who were creating friction within the team .Sehwag, Bhajji , Zaheer were mostly creating problems for Chappell at that time . Even under performing intentionally . Chappell did not want bunch of oldies in the WC . Mostly who were happy to stay in team without performing . His entire motto was Perform or Perish . No wonder he did not succeed. After all Indian team is built on seniority first principle . Same thing happened with MSD & Kohli .Even if they perform poorly, they could never be dropped . Both John Wright & Chappell laid the foundation for the 2007 T20 & 2011 WC win . Kirsten did not rock the boat much . Took advantage of home conditions & got the trophy .It's laughable to see the jealousy of Indians towards outsiders .Chappell did his best despite all the circumstance he was put in .I am pretty sure Indians intentionally lost the game to Bangladesh & SL in the WC intentionally just to get rid of him. Even Irfan Pathan said it those who blame Chappell for his loss of form are completely wrong .

[@divyasinha3069]

The concept of Greg's young players was a fallacy. In fact, balance of skill, motivation and power win the race. Greg was more adamant, blunt, attention seeker to cover up his weakness instead introspective, resolving and man manager. Who pushed Greg to become selector from coach or doing Robert Clive with Mir Jafer? He never seems taking responsibilty in his tenure for his failure after having successfully ousted Ganguly with the help of then BCCI president. With his 18000 runs in his kitty a successful journey as captain and administrator, the way he bounced back in last phase of his career, Ganguly has been caming out with better attitude and grace in his life as compared to Greg.

[@divijgulati]

I always thought he was crazy but he made a few valid points

[@pknhaveenkumar1567]

Lol..Just seearch in google..How australian players too commented that he spoils dressing environmetna nd said he was mad.. www.couriermail.com.au/sport/players-ban-chappell-from-dressingroom/story-e6frepmo-1226117732281

[@pknhaveenkumar1567]

If you think he made valid points then you are imbecile..www.couriermail.com.au/sport/players-ban-chappell-from-dressingroom/story-e6frepmo-1226117732281 If you are mad..then you will defintely support..Sachin too said he is dividng team..Dravid being captain at that time,chappel came to sachin home and asked to take captaincy(Sachin stated in his book)..forget all this,he ruined my sourav's career..and we wont forgive him..

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

Definately, after all these valid points, he bagged the coaching contracts of all the countries on earth and other planets too. His valid points have now become thumb rules of coaching mannual of Cricket. It is also not easy for a common man to understand how to fulfill one's hidden motive by raising some valid points. He has also had valid points when he persuaded his team mate to throw under arm bowl intentionally.

[@kitinthegym]

You're right

[@ln3257]

​​@@sanjaykumarsinha6907 with the underarm ball, i understand that it was cruel and outside the spirit of the game, but think about it.. i think it was genius!! And by the way, he was right about Indian cricket, star players think they are bigger than the team and they're also treated that way.. a Tendulkar and a dhoni can play for as long as they wish because noone can throw them out because of the love of the people, whereas a yuvraj singh, harbhajan, sehwag, zaheer and gambhir can easily be thrown out! Is dhoni better than yuvraj? Sehwag? Raina? Gambhir? The answer is simple, he's not and you know it.. it's the politics which plays..

[@DeepakJatwa-rh6xj]

Ganguly Sehwag Dravid Tendulkar Yuvraj Dhoni Irfan pathan Harbhajan Kumble Zaheer Nehra If this was the batting order, hum jarur jeet jaate , No uthappa ❌

[@satyanarainu]

Chappel was the worst Chutiya coach Indian Cricket has ever seen, probably...

[@amitsardesai5356]

Times change... Australia was hammered by India in 15 years in Australia... Greg's white guy supremacy attitude did not work. As Good as were his intensions, one cannot Generalise cultural discimilarities as mere obstacles

[@srikanthsv79]

They r obstacles when cultures r man made & shouldn't stop one from changing for the better

[@smeringtonweeps2717]

I think he tried his best with the Indian team but some of the superstars in the side at that time were very set in their ways

[@millions1022]

100% true

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

He tried his best to become super selector of the team. In the process seniors have read his motto. Seniors have chosen him coach only.

[@kurupamit]

The amazing thing about this was all the great players from the Indian team kept quiet for 2 years, that shows how pathetic the players were to blame it on the coach after 2 years.

[@valt5751]

Chappell wanted superstars in team to leave their ego aside and play whole as a team and for the benefit of team but Indian culture is superstar worshipping. Sourav was great leader and a player but his fitness and fielding standard was very poor during end of his career.

[@sohamkundu6763]

greg chappal was a great player and good coach,but he wasn't perfect for Indian dressing room,in India idol ship works,greg wanted to bring australian professionalism, but in India players thinks that their spot in team is permanent,that time after pak series 2004 gangly form and captainship as a player decline,even winning against sri lanka looked impossible during 2004-05 time dropping ganguly from captainship indeed was a good decision,but not letting him selected for the team on the basis of form was bad decision

[@neojohns2487]

Fox news should cover a story about Greg Chappell's career as couch in Australian Cricket Team :X

[@gauravkalra4]

Lol true 😂

[@bigmoose143]

He did a lot of good for india even if his methods were sometimes culturally insensitive

[@Yashuyashu-n2z]

I think chappel was misunderstood by Indian team, he single handly ruined the senior culture

[@krishkasturirangan1078]

Greg Chappel was the only one who thought he was helping Indian team.... He created so much nuisance in the Team that everyone wanted him out..

[@Telugu_ITVlogger]

He try to change the batsman comfort position to down the order or shifted the best swing bowlers to all rounders which loses the bowling swing and pace of irfan patan Sachin is best odi opener Always coach should fill the gaps in team but not to create gaps between players and staff If he is right how come India reached finals in 2003 and 2011 (winnners)

[@Wowlife603]

Ravi Shastri is the best coach for Indian mentality like a teacher who allows the students to do whatever they want during class hours

[@ardhendubose2520]

Bengal's revenge was world class during the 2005 ODI between India and South Africa at the Eden Gardens when India sans Ganguly was defeated by 10 wickets. The pitch was prepared by the legendary curator Pradip Mukherjee, it is rumoured that soil and grass were secretly imported from Wanderers of South Africa. Before messing with Bengal the spoilers should have known that Bengal is an internationally connected geo political state. More happened after the match, the revenge continued until all the devil's dices who were responsible for dropping Ganguly were totally smashed and binned by the BCCI under the command of Ganguly. During the break Sourav Ganguly appeared on the Giant screen riding on his fabulous Ranji score of 187 against Delhi on the same day. Eden Gardens had assumed a spirit of the Redeemer that day. It was a goosebumps day in the cricketing history of Bengal and the World. Eden Gardens re- established itself as one of the greatest cricket venues of the world. Nothing could have been more dramatic.

[@Yashhhistar]

Come on guys stop being star worshippers, that indian team prior to Chappell was unfit players never looked like athletes, players had taken their place for granted he brought in new fresh talented players raina rp singh shree shant munaf patel etc he backed dhoni he brought in the fitness culture we lost 2007 cwc because players thought they were bigger than the game and the team and they clearly deliberately underperformed

[@anupam0788]

He is absolutely right.Indian star cricketers were more inclined towards saving their position in the team.This is the reason why despite a huge amount of talent we still come nowhere near the australian cricket team where only performs ensures a place in the side.Even a player like ricky ponting was dropped in the middle of a series because of poor form.Salute to Greg chappell for just not being a dummy coach and trying to change things.

[@basabchanda6517]

He has demolished irfan pathans bowling by putting too much emphasis on his batting. On the whole he is all set to ruin Indian cricket team.

[@basabchanda6517]

He has demolished irfan pathans bowling by putting too much emphasis on his batting. On the whole he is all set to ruin Indian cricket team.

[@sumithegde8240]

Anupam Raghuwanshi, well said. The players and the board are probably the richest in the world, the players are worshiped as nowhere else in the world & yet the team was nowhere near the Australian team in terms of performance. A pity that your comments are shrouded amidst the nonsense which is written by the other jokers here! Someone has written here that Pathan's bowling declined because he pushed him to bat. If he just looks at his performance even casually he'll notice that Pathan started decline soon after the 2004 Pak series. It was pedestrian in the home series against the Aussies in the same year later when Chappell was not anywhere in the scene. & going as far as to say that we'd have won the 2007 world cup if not for him is the imagination only we Indians are capable of! We always dream high, without wanting to work to make them come true!

[@lifeisnoteasy6918]

After all, he could'nt succeeded, whereas Ganguly made a come back. He lacks flexibility of mind and determinations to change the situations for betterment of team. He should have withstand there and gets the things work as per his wish. He was brilliant but adamant, impractical and power hunger. The things were turning opposite, but instead of realising and changing his strategy he continue to blame people, country, cultures.

[@sumithegde8240]

Yes, he came back in India. I doubt if he would have lasted in any other team for so long based on his abilities as a player. Just compare his individual records against some of the players dumped by Australia as thought to be unworthy of wearing national colours and you will see where he stands. & as far as making a comeback is concerned everyone knows who is it easier to win in India - a foreigner or a local boy with a mad fan following! Also we all know how high are the standards of our domestic cricket is, as based on his performance there that he came back.

[@goghman]

Chappell makes some compelling points.. we Indians do expect one to owe us forever.. also Ganguly has always acted a prince.. flintoff’s book made similar claims how there were players carrying his kit bags. We have a culture of worshipping heroes, not seeing situations objectively.. just part of Indian culture tbh

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

We do agree that Ganguly shouldn't have taken revenge from flintoff in Natwest series as their supremacy does not allow them even today to apologise for Jaliawala massacre. Had he acted like prince, he would not have debuted with two century and come back at the age of 33. Nevertheless, his contribution towards the country is far greater than Andrew Flintoff and Greg Chappel in different roles.

[@goghman]

@@sanjaykumarsinha6907your innate jingoism makes you miss my point entirely. don’t you see how you only prove what I had said?

[@sanjaykumarsinha6907]

@@goghman Thanks for your comments 🙏. Can you seperate intent from objectivity? Britishers themselves founded INC in 1885. But intent to serve the people was missing. However, they left no stone unturned to read Indians. Again East India company came here for trade and became ruler in 1757 in Plassey. They did so because Mir Qasim owed them in his own interest. So, they started to think that Indian owe to those who owe to them. In fact, Indian culture owe to those who sacrifice his life for the society. It must not be mixed with fearsycosis or sycophancy for mutual benefits against social cause. Urge to highlight the mail against Ganguly and passing comments publicly only establish Greg intent to grab power. Greg was selected by Ganguly to make Indian batsman crafty on bouncy foreign pitches which still need to work on. Though Greg never captained any WC tournament nor his frequent change of players and only young brigade culture have ever been strategy of Australian cricket success but BCCI endorsed all the changes he made as coach. Wow, to win a WC one need to be Australian only. Isn't it. No, objectivity does not approve all that said and done by Greg. It is called Greg can never be wrong whether it works or not. Public memory are not(too)short. He was doing something other than he was appointed and paid for taking the excuse that If you scratch my back, in return I will scratch your back. You may or may not scratch my back but this does not authorise you to select Indian Cricket Team without connivance of BCCI Mr. Greg. Don't show us wrong side of picture. BCCI don't have second thoughts to renew contact after WC2007. Killing two birds with one stone. First, pushed Greg to counter Gangly and then made Greg scapegoat. My jingoism or Greg's mind game devoid of responsibility contrary to Ganguly's act to prove himself and come back tbh sir.

[@chalkandcheese1868]

India should have been listening to foreign coaches for years, their results, given their population is embarrassing.

[@RWcommentry]

Ye cartoon kaun hai. And interviewer ek aur cartoon hai. Pontings agent