I see many of the Indians here in this forum are so blinded by our Indian mentality of running down successful ppl that they are blindly supporting even Chappell to talk rubbish about Sachin.
First of all, Chappell is all wrong when he says that he wanted Sehwag to open, as it was Uthappa who opened in the WC matches with Ganguly (except for one match).
Many of them have gone ahead and supported Chappell's opening theory of Sehwag and Ganguly, by justifyint that it is left-right combo, conveniently forgetting that Sachin is also a right handed batsman.
Also take into consideration that Sachin-Ganguly is the most successful opening pair in ODI history, and it makes no sense to change them for a major tournament like the WC (and that too to make Uthappa open in his place!)
Many have asked questions as to why Sachin could not have played at No. 4, my question is why shud he do so when he was doing excellently for India in the opening slot. Further my question is if Chappell didnt deem it right to force Sehwag (who is far more junior to Sachin), then how did he feel it correct that Sachin shud be forced ?
Ganguly who was a very successful captain was replaced by Dravid, who was not known to fit the ODI format very well, the juniors were juggled so much that none were sure of their place in the team and the settled seniors positions were shuffled around making Team India a very unsettled outfit that too just before the WC. So how does his theory become a sane one ?
1. Irfan Pathan career destroyed by sending him one down. 2. Ganguly career as captain detroyed. 3. Kaif good feilder batsmen desroyed. 4. Dravid one day career was over stress during his tenure. 5. Yuvraj lost his touch during that tenure & still in search of form. 6. Tendulkar batting order was also disturbed by him.
Almost half of the team was affected during his tenure.
Re: Re: Chappell 's Law of destroying career
by Vikas Aggarwal on Feb 05, 2011 04:05 PM
True. India looked to threaten Australia's One day crown when greg joined the team.. and he successfully completed his mission to destroy India.
Re: Re: Re: Chappell 's Law of destroying career
by pravin sarode on Feb 05, 2011 04:11 PM
how can we blame greig chappel only for this mess are our players school going kids or brainless to destroy own cricket carrer 4 chappel when professional crickets are delt with this is common
Re: Chappell 's Law of destroying career
by tim jim on Feb 07, 2011 01:13 AM
all excuses aside its the ipl and the over the top sponsorship money which has robbed the zeal to perform in national duty games
Re: Re: Chappell 's Law of destroying career
by arvin g on Feb 05, 2011 05:28 PM
and u talk like a typical bird brain with no knowledge whatsoever... question is not of wc matches but chappal tying to create a rift in indian tean just b4 wc... but to see thru chappals devious plans will be too much for ur tiny jat brain...
Re: Re: backing
by sanath on Feb 05, 2011 03:54 PM
kohli ? Kohli's name first came in the papers when we won the under-19 world cup in 2007 far after Chappell had left. So then how did Chappell back Kohli in the Indian team ?
Re: backing
by nimbo pani on Feb 05, 2011 04:42 PM
this is what happens when people who dont follow cricket or watch matches give comments kohli??? pandey???? what r u talking rather why bare you talking
It was Captains responsibility to not the change the batting order. Chappels Job was only to coach & not to interfear in batting order. Sachin also could have denied the suggestion of Chappel but his nature to respect seniors was the reason to loose his concentration. I think still today also Sachin-Veeru or Sachin-Saurav are the best opeing pares India had.
Re: Captain
by Raj India on Feb 05, 2011 02:38 PM
Chappel's mission was to destroy India before the WC 2007 (otherwise India would have been a threat to Australia) and in that he won...He destroyed the future of Irfan Pathan by promoting him in the batting order instead of concentrate in bowling...Also, captain Dravid has changed the batting order by promoting himself in the opening slot...That time, India had openers like Sachin, Saurav, Sehwag and Uthappa...But, just before the WC, Dravid was playing in the opening slot...
Re: Re: Captain
by TMChu on Feb 05, 2011 03:05 PM
Yea right. India looks good only on paper. I will not bet on india in any WC until every player plays his game as a team and not as an individual to raise his stakes. Cricket is just another sport.
Re: Zaheet do not provoke Ausi
by nimbo pani on Feb 05, 2011 04:36 PM
zaheer even provoked them in test matches ala ponting ... they lost it .. accept the fact they were the best team that time and we were no match to them ... however i thought we would win ... all best
We are interested in wining a team . Do not support ausi outfield tacktics . Whether you love sachin or not . Just unite and support team that is our job.
Somebody shud stone this guy for the way he is taking all of us for granted by blurting out stupid statements and expecting us to believe them !
1. "Sehwag didnt seem very keen". The most successful opening partnership in ODI history was that of Sachin and Ganguly. Also Sachin is far senior to Sehwag. This guy still left Sehwag alone becoz he didnt seem very keen, but forced Sachin to bat down the order, whereas it would have been easier to shift Sehwag down, as he was not in the best of form at that time, and also there was no need to tamper with the opening pair.
2. Somebody shud remind this guy that Sehwag opened only in one match, the remaining matches it was Uthappa who opened with Ganguly ! which means, Sehwag was already one down, and Sachin was replaced by a guy who was not even a regular in the Indian team then.
3. We had reached the 2003 finals even though we lacked in a genuine wicket keeper batsman and an all rounder. In 2007 just before the WC we have Dhoni who was firing all guns, and Irfan who could bowl well and bat okay, and this guy flirts with Dhoni's position in the team, and Irfan had to be sent home just before the tournament with all the repair that was done in his bowling and batting. Kaif who was an excellent prospect with the bat and with his fielding did not even get a call.
Any guy who feels that tampering with a winning team is ok just before a major tournament as the WC is dumb, legend or no legend. Peri
Re: Chappell and his theory !
by Raj India on Feb 05, 2011 02:37 PM
Chappel's mission was to destroy India before the WC 2007 (otherwise India would have been a threat to Australia) and in that he won...He destroyed the future of Irfan Pathan by promoting him in the batting order instead of concentrate in bowling...Also, captain Dravid has changed the batting order by promoting himself in the opening slot...That time, India had openers like Sachin, Saurav, Sehwag and Uthappa...But, just before the WC, Dravid was playing in the opening slot...
At this stage Mr.Chapple raising the issue which was happend 4 years back. His view is to distrub the indian team before the world cup. Past is past and our team has to look forward positively for the comming world cup. As on today our team stands a chance in the cup the team is looking good.If luck clicks india may win the cup after 27 years.
Re: cricket
by Manohar sadhwani on Feb 05, 2011 02:38 PM
There was no need to appoint coaches for Indian team because well and rich experience reyired players like Mr. Kapildev , Sunil Gavaskar, and others are available who can do coaching very well but BCCI unnuecessarily appointing coaching for India team. The statement of Chapple is though true but what is not to repeat the history of the past .Is now he creating to disturb Indian team in tension. Every body knows clearly that Mr. Chapple is only person , who had ruined the crciket life of Mr.Ganguly bu quarrelling one and another point? after mentioning about Sachin Tandulkar , what he wants to prove.He should know that there is no future of future.
we need to read between the lines at the same time putting sachin under pressure b4 the cup as he would be the main player ... its too late to disclose this , however what he suggested it could have worked and we would have qualified for atleast second round .. 2007 was most disappointing world cup i have ever seen and could not digest the fact that india was out in first round . all the best team india please win the cup this time
