Ian Chappell Part 3: The BEST ever International cricket captains | Opening Up

[@mickkimmings6186]

Genius. Those eyes see way more than us mere mortals

[@ncf1]

Steve Waugh and Clive Lloyd to me were the best captains ever. Brought out the very best in their players, were excellent, inspirational leaders.

[@sln7839]

Legendary interview - Voice of cricket interviewing another great Ian...

[@briggs411]

kinda surprised me that he rates ponting over waugh.i sgree what he says about Arujuna he was a great captian.knew what he had in the team and used them to perfection.not only did the Aravinda innings score us a win so did the Arujuna innings.

[@bentleighman]

I agree with him about Waugh. Steve took over the no.1 ranked test team, made them better, but they rarely had to play against decent sides....and when Australia struggled, Steve never really had a plan B....Steve's main strengths as Captain where: keeping the side hungry while playing against inferior sides and giving players belief they could be stars before they were (Hayden, Langer). But his field placements always lacked imagination

[@johnohill463]

He correctly dropped Shane Warne in a must-win test and they won to retain the series. It's hard work to keep a good team on top. And, is consistently batting his team out of trouble when it's 3 for 30. You need to do some homework mate. Kind regards.

[@bentleighman]

@@johnohill463 how often were they 3 for not much and he scored a ton WHILE he was Captain?? That can be your homework mate. As I said, he was good at keeping the side hungry when winning easily. Nothing you wrote really proved my points as wrong.

[@OskarJonah]

I like how Chappell when talking about Cricket always manages to get in something about when he played. Problem is that was well back in the last century. Perhaps he doesn't give enough credit for the way Waugh managed and developed his players to function as team, largely due to the fact that in the Chappell era that never took place.

[@BonsaiBarry-dh3pz]

A bit late but that is bullshit. No Aussie captain had the team like Chappelli

[@MyPaddy2011]

You want a captain who built and developed a team. Try Bobby Simpson, Allan Border, Steven Fleming. Steve Waugh inherited a team of champions. He was a good cricketer but average captain. He was also a grumpy self serving cricketer who wrote the thickest waste of time about his cricket experiences, I've ever read. Further than that, any captain who's ego is so fragile he would sack the greatest tactician the game has ever known in SKW, is proof positive of a narcissist who proved to be a shocking judge of character. His brother Junior, on the other hand was a great and respected team player and genius in slips. A very gifted batsman who on his day was the equal of any cricketer. So for Steve Waugh, I can think of about five or six Australian captains who I'd select before Waugh would even make the frame. Both Taylor and Pointing get to the finish line way before Waugh. So I largely agree with Chapelli. In fact Chapelli I think would be my number one all time best captain world wide. He would be my captain in any world eleven and Steve Waugh wouldn't even make the side.

[@Aaadil8]

Ian Chappell is an authority on Cricket and Since I am from Pakistan so I would certainly like our selectors to think smartly like him and remove Afridi from the Captaincy!! God Bless You Ian!!

[@peterjansen3846]

One of the best tactical captains ever was Stephen Fleming of NZ. He didn't have a great team but he got great performances out of them. Much in the same way as Shane Warne and the first IPL.

[@markmeade2937]

Clive Lloyd and Mike Brearley , two excellent captains

[@roybennett6330]

Warne should have captain the 2005 ashes ,may have seen his best,loads of wickets, lots of runs,nearly all-rounder status

[@daveborder7751]

Brearley won 11 tests against Australia & lost 3-convininently left out by Chappell. He had a winning percentage over 58%. He also captained Middlesex to four county championships & got the best of out of people like Botham who were difficult to manage. Even Phil Edmonds who didn't like Brearley said he was an incredible captain.

[@scoldedcat]

Michael Clarke seems to be doing an excellent job at the moment. Australian side is currently fighting above their weight, and it's in no small part, thanks to his captaincy.

[@ray.shoesmith]

13 years later and Australia has 2 more ODI Cricket World Cups, a World Test Championship and a T20 Cricket World cup. The all time champions of world cricket.

[@chirmchirm]

Chappell is right, maybe not about Ponting being better then Waugh. But he does not get the credit he deserves. In a 2-3 year period, Australia lost Hayden, Langer, Gilchrist, Warne and McGrath. All could be argued to be in the top 15 or 20 to have played in the Baggy Green. Mcgrath, Warne and Gilchrist would be in an the all time test 11 by most experts. He has managed to keep Australia really competitive in tough times as they try to gel a new side together. That was a one in a lifetime team

[@swanandhegde]

Harsha seriously needs a lesson to listen . He gives a feeling he knows better than the people who have actually palyed the game. He keeps interrupting in the middle of a serious talk.

[@brittinimartini]

Steve Waugh was a far better captain! Ponting had the best team in the history of cricket at his disposal yet was super conservative. He was not attacking and often relied on the batsman to get themselves out. Steve Waugh had a slightly lesser team, yet was more attacking and won games that Pontings captainsy would have lost.

[@craigedwards2940]

Ian Chappell had a great team. But, we're not allowed to play that way, anymore. The sub continent team's whined that it was too aggressive.Apart from Pakistan. They were fine.

[@sugs1191]

I'm not sure Waugh had a slightly lesser team tbh. But I rate Waugh better as a captain

[@shazhussain25]

He is so right about Afridi.

[@roybennett6330]

Good points from ian,like his comments especially about Botham...who by this stage military medium, and only occasionally gets 100

[@Niktodie4]

Below the belt by harsha to bring up Ian Bothams personal equation with chappell

[@andrewmaroc113]

Yes Chappell might run away

[@tavo.B]

Imran is arguably the greatest leader of men to ever wall onto a cricket field

[@sln7839]

Cricket would be nice not only because of the players in the middle but also the commentators inside the comm box...What commentators we have had - Benaud, Tony, boycott, Lawry (have not heard much personally but i know everyone likes him and hes one of the best), Harsha....These people are really story tellers. they narrate nice stories. i like shastri as a commentator but i feel he doesnt have the story telling style of commentary...Commentary is what a background score to a movie. without it, sometimes its pretty boring.

[@paekman63]

Is Ian too close to Shane Warne, never has nice things to say about Steve Waugh. Waugh I think is the best captain out of four Ian mentioned.

[@scottiep74]

Have loved Ian forever but he is so set in his ideas, I knew exactly how he would answer each one of those questions. Quite predictable. But he himself was probably the best tactical captain ever.

[@Tehui1974]

Ian Chappell appears to favour captains who take risks to win games. I'm curious as to what he though of Brendan McCullum's captaincy because of this facet.

[@BulldogDynasty]

this video was done in 2010

[@wasiqmk]

Voice of cricket and Voice of Captaincy ❤

[@sln7839]

To be fair to Dravid, He got appointed as captain when Indian cricket was going through a turmoil and all the players were against Greg chappell and were not performing.

[@huskyman80]

I am not sure what he is on about. Steve Waugh is the man who changed test cricket forever!

[@brassholio]

He just never liked Steve Waugh.

[@aniket385]

Ian Chappell : Steve Waugh is bad but Pointing is so great… Harsha : Really ?

[@J_Teriyaki]

BUT Mike Brearley had a Psychology degree!. I could hardly drive a car yet became a bus driver by 21. Cheers from the Barkly Hotel in St Kilda - Melbourne, Australia🍺🥃

[@johnvandenheuvel6792]

Ian Chappell has never liked Steve Waugh. He's always held a grudge and Steve Waugh did captain against some very good teams. Ian is jealous and S.Waugh will be remembered for a lot longer than I Chappell.

[@BonsaiBarry-dh3pz]

Bullshit. Chappelli is the greatest captain Australia ever had. I agree though S Waugh was a bettef captain than R Ponting.

[@andrewmaroc113]

Steve Waugh didn't drink and suck up to the "right" people - he was his own man

[@craigedwards2940]

Jealous of what? Chappell captained a relatively inexperienced team and oversaw them into becoming a powerhouse team. Waugh took over an established team and his record is aboutr in line with what it should have been. Ponting is the Australian captain that I think is underrated. And that was also mentioned.

[@johnvandenheuvel6792]

@@craigedwards2940 Chappell captained a relatively inexperienced team ? Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillie, Rod Marsh, Jeff Thompson, Doug Walters, Max Walker, Ian Redpath, David Hooks, Len Pascoe, Allan Boarder ect. You are kidding yourself mate.

[@craigedwards2940]

@@johnvandenheuvel6792 You've been watching too many cricket video's/clips. I'll give you Redpath and Walters, most of the others had only entered the team later on when he was captain, including his brother. Hookes, again later on was a kid, Max was a little older but hardly a veteran and had also spent time in AFL football, and Pascoe and Border were late 70's when Chappell had retired and came back for World Series Cricket. I think Border was about 19/20? at the time. In future, leave out the bullshit, sport, or at least know what you're talking about. :-)

[@DeanWhipper]

@BenWatts1 Again, his point is still going over your head. All he meant was that Botham is the kind of guy who wants to take wickets and wants a fielder everywhere to take catches, he would say the same about Warnie or something.

[@andreten4780]

@briggs411 well i like the reason why he rates ponting over waugh. remember that waugh had the best team from start to finish of his captaincy while ponting lost mcgrath and warne. inspite what others say about australian team now. ponting has made the team still competitive till clarke taken over and i expect clarke to make this team better for the future

[@nealenewton4971]

I think that Harsha Bogle has become a bore. When first hearing him , he was a breath of fresh air. Nowadays he sounds like someone who played the game at some elite level . "Presumptuous " comes to mind.

[@daveborder7751]

Ponting was not a good captain technically & like Afridi his conduct was abysmal. He was a great leader by virtue of his batting & fielding-which were both phenomenal. Really he inherited the best team in the world from Waugh who had inherited a very good one from Taylor in 1999. Ponting's great successes was with that team-but he lost 2 Ashes series in England, nearly lost to Bangladesh in 2006, lost in India. For me it is him or Greg Chappell as worst Aussie captain of my lifetime.

[@dopestarism]

Agree 100%. Tugga is the best ever.

[@adi87tya]

chappell never really liked waugh, did he?

[@markmeade2937]

Chappelli did not like many at all . End of !!!!!!!

[@zeefudeking]

exactly tugga wore australia on his chest.

[@Waltznumber2]

Why the hell is Harsha talking about Afridi, when Imran Khan is the one to be talked about

[@hamdansiddiqui9479]

Chaps is a great cricket brain

[@thepimpernel6971]

Micheal Clarke was a very very good captain in my view.

[@shahidmajeed4826]

Proper Australian and a Great Leader.

[@SamraatMaharjan]

Classic narration of Ian Botham 😂😂

[@Bernie8330]

And the other thing about Mike Brearley, is that he would not have gotten very far as a captain in the 1981 Ashes without Ian Botham in his team.

[@BulldogDynasty]

and wouldn't have got far if Greg Chappell was in the Australian team

[@Bernie8330]

@@BulldogDynasty Brearley's team beat Chappell's in 1977 3-0.

[@kunalsingh3121]

@@Bernie8330 This is because England had a high class attack in 1970's with Bob Willis, Young Ian Botham (took his first 120 test scalps at 18 a piece & was rapid), JR Snow, Mike Hendricks, Chris Old etc...and backed up by Deadly Underwood leading wicket taker of 1970's... Late Great Bob Willis once said if a captain has any 1 or 2 of those short of bowlers he will be succesfull Bearley was no different... Even Tony Greig won on Indian shores by convincing margin of 3/1..

[@Bernie8330]

@@kunalsingh3121 That is because India were minnows, even at home, right up until the 1980s. Even after that they were still minnows everywhere they went, right up until beyond 2000. Their only saving grace pre 2000 is that they were unbeatable at home in the 1990s. You're a real tryer aren't you. :)

[@kunalsingh3121]

@@Bernie8330 No I am not a tryer Man !! You didn't had any logical answer so you bashed Indian cricket history.. No way we werr minnows in 1970s or even 1980's very decent team with 3-4 class players like Gavaskar, Vishwanath, Amarnath & Vengserkar...Kirami brilliant glovemen, arguably finest group of spin bowlers that's ever lived !! We didnt lost a test series in entire 1980's in Australia infact would have won in 1986 if not for patriotic Australian umpires; drew in 1980 against Chappell, Walters, Marsh, Lillee, Pascoe, Border & Hughes... We won in Eng in 1986 too; Came close to beat Windies in 1976 home untill Llyod order bloodbath at Sabina Park; If not for poor weather would have won 2nd game; Chandra and Bedi troubled them throughout skittled them for 240 runs in seccond game 130 of those from Viv Richards alone... At last we had win loss ratio of over 1.0 too... We were indeed poor in 1990s but not in 70s or 80s..apart from series losz against Pak (3/0) when Imran was rampant.. At last England werent expected to win in 1976 under Greig thats it..

[@asimabbas9423]

I wish they had a better host than Harsha. Chappell carried the show on his own.

[@rajibrath9156]

Imran Khan , MS Dhoni and Sourav are the best of yester and modern era .

[@watsupah]

this video is a joke. i like ricky. but steve is way better captain than ricky. steve made a good team into a great team n then handed it to ricky while also passing all his knowledge to ricky. steve ended the domination of WI by Frank Worrell Trophy in 1995 there r many elements in making a team win a match. the most important is mental toughness. how brutal u make ur team to win is what matters. steve is more succesful in doing that. he's more of a man than ricky. the contests in steve's time(99-2004) were tougher than ricky's(2004 onwards). in test cricket, when u go backwards in time, cricket gets tougher. Everything(pitches, bowling, contests,... ) is superior in earlier days if u go backwards. test cricket determines everything. steve captained a team in much tougher contests than ricky. n in such tougher contests, steve is most successful (72% win rate). ricky is 2nd best, but he's way below at 62%. ofcourse, there might be better captains than steve in earlier times 60's, 70's n 80's since i haven't seen matches in those days. but i've seen most of steve's n ricky's matches. in the same way, ricky is 100 times better captain than the shitty clarke. i dont even consider that shit(clarke) as a leader. just cricket in general is shit now a days. there is no contest between bat n bowl. its a batsman game. even a bowler scores hundred these days. n it happens so often. the batsmen score 100's 200's on shitty pitches n they feel they r the best. these guys cant even cross 20 if they played in 70's or 80's. the quality of the pitches were way better n the bowling attack too. in that time, batsmen took several blows in a test match(thats how much dangerous bowling attack was on good pitches with superior pace, bounce n swing). these days, batting is a joke. n hence i stopped watching cricket.

[@omkarsridhar14]

Actually, this video was made in summer 2010, so before the 2010/11 Ashes, where the Australians lost. Hence Chappell was still under the delusion that Ponting was a good captain. I’m sure he’d have changed his mind in 6-7 months or so.

[@dopestarism]

Chappell's claim Waugh is 4th best amongst the 4 captains he mentioned is utterly absurd. I've watched every game with each of those 4 captains over the last 3 decades and Steve Waugh was a superb captain - even when Chappell speaks of him his throat constrict and he becomes more animated,he clearly has a bone to pick with Waugh for whatever reason, I would imagine Tugga said something nasty about CHappell at some point at that was it. Chappell is being not but childish in his chidings of Tugga.

[@Bernie8330]

Chappelli only hated Steve Waugh from 1999 onwards because he thought Warne should have succeeded Taylor as captain. This also coincided with Ian Chappell making a ridiculous accusation about SWaugh being selfish when batting in the closing stages of the 4th ashes test at Melbourne in December 1998, Taylor's second last test before retiring. Chappelli did however give SWaugh the rightful kudos for his magnificent century in the world cup that year (1999) against South Africa when Australia were deep in trouble in a game that would have seen them miss the semi-finals had they lost.

[@nottellingu0]

@Rok4Recordz chappell is a honest commentator of the game and ranatunga was a great captain who inspired his team to a world cup victory. Indian's can't hack chappell because he speaks the truth about their overrated 'stars'

[@dopestarism]

absolutely not - quite the opposite in fact. His teammates hate playing under him and all batsmen's numbers are dropping drastically; in stark contrast to Clarke's who 'suddenly' has decided to become a decent bat. He is doing what he absolutely is forced to, the dissent from his teammates is precisely is what is pushing to be a better batsman!

[@sln7839]

Cant blame steve waugh for kolkata test. Any captain - result would have been the same. VVS and Dravid was in supreme touch that day.

[@daveborder7751]

Blame Warne for it-he didn't step up during that series, in fact he was a poor bowler in India during his career. Singh tore the Aussies apart, Warne took 10 wickets at an average of over 50 in the series & let Waugh down. Chappell has always been his head cheerleader for the captaincy & that is why he hates Waugh, also that Waugh changed his style of batting-but the reality that Waugh playing the way Chappell wanted hm to saw him dropped from the team for long periods in the early 1990's, he changed & went on to become an all-time great.

[@sln7839]

Dave Border Not that Warney bowled badly but Indians were prepared for it and Indians generally play spinners well. Sometimes he wasn’t lucky as well. Before the series, everyone was specifically practicing to play Warney.

[@daveborder7751]

@@sln7839 He averaged nearly 46 with the ball against them in his test career, even worse in ODI's -as a great bowler he should have been able to find a way, no idea why Waugh even picked him for that series-might as well have picked Hogg or MacGill to partner Miller.

[@sln7839]

Dave Border Warney was a superstar. No one can drop him. Steve Waugh dropping him in the test match against WI in WI created a permanent rift in their relationship and Warney really took it personally humiliating to be dropped.

[@natlmm1]

Yes you can. 17 yo me sitting at home watching with my Dad: Australia will bat again for sure with no pressure on them get some quick runs and put the game and the series totally out of reach from the Indians, give their bowlers a rest from the heat and bat while the pitch is at it's best, have a massive world record run chase for the Indians to overcome and have Warne bowling on the 5th day to win the game and the series for Australia. Steve Waugh: No I'll enforce the follow on because reasons..... Worst captaining decision in the history of test cricket! especially considering the circumstances, the game, the point in the series, location and the fact that the Aussies also had a history of choking chasing smallish totals.

[@williamsatish25]

Don't know why there is or was lots and lots of interruption from Harsha.

[@sibghatmansoor5125]

Steve waugh was better captain then ricky Ponting.

[@aranyaism]

nice joke. he wasnt. He had a better team.

[@zsivaz]

disagree I think Mark Taylor was Australia;s best captain tbh. Tugga was brilliant aswell.

[@atifj.b]

Really Ian ? Afrdi cannot be captain but Broad can be for stepping on the ball with his spikes ? okay that's a one off but he can still be after picking up the ball and hurling it at a motionless Sarfaraz Ahmed to ensure he is out injured next game ?You Aussies and your double standards !

[@markkearney6873]

+Atif Javed What double standards? He probably hadn't even seen that when the interview was done. Why are you taking it as a snipe at Pakistan? And why label "Aussies"? I had a lot of time for Pakistan cricket, as do a lot of Australians, but thanks for screwing that up.

[@warriorclan543]

You fool broad is completely different personality nd he's a responsible guy He not saying that afridi cheat so he can't be a captain he saying first afridi is soo dumb second he's one dimensional third he's selfish nd he's not brave Broad is smart guy how can u even compare broad with afridi There are many good players in pakistan but afridi is very average mediocre poor kind of player I saw him against india where he thrown his wicket bcz off fear u can see it he runed him out bcz pak was in very bad position this afridi guy came nd got run out bcz off one run either he's too dumb or he was in fear btw imran khan also said it that he met afridi before match against india nd afridi legs were shaking bcz off fear u can see imran khan friend shiekh rashid said it on pak national t.v Just search shiekh rashid on afridi(afraid) wht ever his name is u can chk out

[@MrDaGeil]

@BenWatts1 According to Botham.

[@andrewmaroc113]

how many times did Chappell drop his pants in the middle of a pitch ?

[@dineshkumarmeena2096]

but but ricky ponting as a captain never win even a single test match in india

[@anshumansharma6334]

Harsha has this annoying habit of cutting in between. He's so fidgety! Listen to the answer of your question ffs!

[@ianghose1]

He's an annoying little twat who believes in his own hype, that Harsha bloke.

[@RealistVK]

Steve Waugh is the greatest captain World has ever seen. Ponting being 2nd great and Ian Chappell is the 3rd best.

[@OrggsOrggs]

are you fking joking ponting lost the ashes. Waugh ftw.

[@sln7839]

Chapell said U19 tournament as kids playing kids. its not a way to judge a player. God played for India when he was 16 and played 200 tests in 24 years and went onto break most of the records.

[@carntspell]

@BenWatts1 Come on mate, I`m long suffering Kiwi but what did you expect to hear in an Ian Chappell interview? We all know Botham was a great player so just laugh it off. Botham and him were possibly too similar to get along or Chappell never liked flamboyant players whether they were Australian or not. I suspect there`s a few youtube videos floating around of Botham slagging off Aussies. Would like to see the 2 of them have a Drink Off though.

[@craigedwards2940]

As long as they're Steinlagers, and you're providing. :-)

[@vinodiyer394]

Dhoni best in using resources and tactics

[@scoldedcat]

What dissent ? It's Mickey Authur and the selectors, with their ridiculous rotation policy, that need to go. Although the Indian tour was a disaster, he was doing very well before that. One doesn't suddenly decide to become a decent batsman. Fact is that the Captaincy has bought the best out of him. He's found another level and is leading from the front. The Australian batting line up is mediocre, as well as out of form. They won't be bringing the ashes home but not due to Clarkes captaincy.

[@GeorgetheArchitect]

OMG! Harsha is unbearable with his exaggerated comparisons and silly questions...

[@sunnyb831]

True.. Why would a Aussie captain Pakistan

[@ianghose1]

Not to mention the cringe worthy interruptions. Harsha Bhogle is a pompous annoying arse. Gets off on the sound of his own voice.

[@DeanWhipper]

Asside from that particular comment you clearly are hearing in a different way to me, what else did he mention that was at all came from a "rather predujiced place"? Besides, I kind of do agree that he is graceless and charmless and if he really wanted to badmouth Botham I reckon he would have just said he was shit or something equally as tasteless.

[@henrypeters1412]

Steve waugh number one, i saw Chappelli run out of ideas many a time. Hates S Waugh because he dropped Warnne. Funny we won that twst without Warne.

[@oogwocfi]

This Ian was so jealous of Steve Waugh. He has no objectivity.

[@aranyaism]

steve waugh was a selfish player and captain.

[@ncf1]

Chappell hates Steve Waugh, hated Bradman... jealous is the word here, hates the very cream of the crop this guy.

[@raymondbabb1970]

Bradman was not liked by his teammates. Bradman was elitist and disrespectful to the generations of Australian cricketers that followed him. He was also an average Dad, being embarrassed to walk with his disabled daughter. 99.94 average or not, he was a shit bloke.

[@mxomzanywa3738]

I thought Greame Smith was an excellent captain

[@NINJAVIRUS-YT]

2:35 bogle trying his best to express his hate thoughts softly…have some courage… u guys are always behind pak in cricket throughtout 80s and 90s.. grow up

[@07sanjeewakaru]

Chapplle is a guy who don't forgive brainlocks like Afridi did,I think Stew waugh's brainlock was 2001 India series,Specially Eaden gardens,Like AIi bacher one he mentions here.If he found one stupidity he rates the guy.I think Waugh,Afridi fall to this.All know Bothom is exception,Lifetime enemy.By the way I think He is a person of his kind,and the only commentator I would like to listen,Not many words,bit boring to here,But interesting and really worth listen to.

[@SiddharthVaz]

What??

[@pratikdesai1953]

Harsha Bhogle needs to learn how to do presentation

[@RMG0785]

How many times has Ian Chappel being proven wrong? I comes across as such a great "reader" but its just his looks I guess (looks like a professor). You can never have Afridi as captain, what a joke, 2011 WC.

[@Warlock786]

Ian is feigning ignorance. He knows exactly what Harsha is talking about but chooses not to answer.

[@SiddharthVaz]

Stop hallucinating. It's Ian.

[@Warlock786]

@@SiddharthVaz edited...ty

[@umairusman]

Ridiculous discussion

[@pratikdesai1953]

Harsha doesnt know how to present

[@FahadKhan-gt8gu]

In my opinion I think Imran Khan is the best Captain ever in Cricketing History