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Greg Chappell and Indian Team

It was a kind of parting Greg Chappell would have never dreamt about nor the Indian players or the BCCI. I believe Greg did the right thing in resigning the job.

When players of sorts like Sachin or Anil Kumble express their displeasure for the coach, it's not wise to hang on. One of the interesting fact is Sachin was so focussed on Greg Chappell's remark against the seniors rather than commenting on his future. I am not saying that he should retire (it's hard to get another Sachin BTW), but a player of caliber like Sachin should not have made such a comment at a wrong time.

Anyway, Greg will be remembered for some of the best moments he had with the team like the series win in West Indies after a span of 35 years, record number of consecutive chases, etc.

Finally what is more worrying is the catastrophic changes which will be triggered if a sub-continent team gets eliminated from a World Cup, it virtually changes everything from a player level to the administration level (as if a new Government is formed after the elections!), which should not be the case. It's high time the storm stops its devastation and things get settled in for India so that the new season can kick off in a positive spirit.

Posted at 08:47PM Apr 04, 2007 by prasanna in Sports  |  Comments[9]

Comments:

Yes, it is interesting that Sachin focused on the comment made rather than his future plans. Also, I'm not sure about Chappell's media "leaks" -- this is not the first time something like this has happened. There was an email leak for Ganguly and now about senior players.

Posted by A. Sundararajan on April 04, 2007 at 10:12 PM IST #

Well, it looks clearly that none of the team were honestly playing the game. Perhaps Sachin should retire. A great leadership material (Kaif) is being kept away for unknown reasons. Imagine, being an international player, he still remains single without a girl friend. Well, some sort of personal life issues too should be taken in count. When compared with other proposed captaincy materials like Yuvaraj, Kaif is much better. Bhajji should clearly be sent out. I saw how feared he was when he came for batting against minnows. Well, finally, attitude matters. Aussies feel that they alone should be the winners and that's the attitude that's making a lot of difference in the game. South Africa have recently been developing this attitude. Hope, they will continue it. Aussies have definitely redefined the game. Perhaps, others should compete them. Else, simply, they'l knocked out.

Posted by Faisal on April 05, 2007 at 12:30 AM IST #

Thats a perfect and valid point. Tough decisions need to be taken in order to improve. We should take lessons from ACB, remember the way Waugh brothers and Bevan were dumped out, but still Aussies won the WC 2003. What matters is team and not who's playing in the team.

Posted by Prasanna Seshadri on April 05, 2007 at 11:13 AM IST #

Indians have to change their mindset. Don't worship players for their wickets/runs/catches etc. Worship the attitude - of winning/of performance. Don't say I like Sachin. Start saying, I like Sachin's so and so century. Look into the game. Not players. Finally, Indians may end up totally liking Aussies! ;) Well, Prasanna, I was actually searching for some good Java blogs. Know Eric Lippert? He shares lot of knowledge through his blog at msdn. Could you tell me some great Java blogs? Thanks in advance.

Posted by Faisal on April 05, 2007 at 11:21 PM IST #

Sorry for the late reply. I will post useful java entries soon. If possible, can u share ur mail-ID so that I can respond with other pages with good java content.

Posted by Prasanna Seshadri on April 14, 2007 at 04:18 PM IST #

Wow!! Thanks a ton for being so kind! Whenever I post comments at this blog, I always write my name and email-id. Well, maybe, email-id is hidden for some reasons. I am very much afraid of spams, so I am writing it in this way... faisalDOTpashaATyahooDOTcom Let me tell you, I was in fact, daily checking your blog for some latest posts, but was deeply sad caz cudn't found one! :( :) I hope, I will see lotz more coming...especially on Java. And yeah, I will be looking forward to your email. Thanks again! PS: Where do you work? India/...? Did you see Eric Lippert's blog?

Posted by Faisal on April 15, 2007 at 12:16 AM IST #

Sure, your suggestion was well received, I will open a new thread in java and in general I will update my blog with increased frequency. I saw Eric's blog, it was very nice, in general I used to visit blogs which solve my issues in programming.
BTW I work in India, what about you.

Posted by Prasanna Seshadri on April 15, 2007 at 12:29 AM IST #

Thanks! Itz great to know about you. Well, about me...I just finished MS in AI and worked in Volvo IT for some period. I've come back to India, well, truly to serve and work for my country. Right now I'm working to fulfill my dream - SCJP 5. Apart from MS, I am also RHCE for RHL 9. Hmm..let me ask you about SCJP..being in Sun, what's your opinion and suggestion? After passing it, will I be seen as special in that crowd?

Posted by Faisal on April 15, 2007 at 10:59 AM IST #

Dear Sirs,

Kindly provide me E-mail ID of Guru Greg Chappell.

I am a potential cricketer and I want to take advice from him

Regards,

Mk

Posted by Mehul Kumar Paatadia on November 20, 2007 at 05:39 PM IST #

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