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Excuse me… HE is Sardar !!! He has right to be stupid.
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If you thought the drama was over, think again -
Dada’s six-page reply to BCCI rips apart Chappell’s accusations
Kunal Pradhan
First came the e-mail. Now, here's the rebuttal.
In a damning reply to Greg Chappell's leaked mail, captain Sourav Ganguly reportedly told the review committee how the coach had purposely misrepresented facts to make him look bad.
Ganguly, in a six-page report, said Chappell was trying to be "boss" of the team and gave numerous incidents describing his "controlling nature". Details of the note that saved Ganguly, tilting the Review Committee against the coach, were revealed to Mumbai Mirror by a BCCI source.
The report clearly shows that there is definitely no truce between the two. The board has managed to buy time but this is sure to escalate in a big crisis in the near future.
Ganguly told the committee that Chappell tried to undermine his authority right through the Zimbabwe series and even went out to toss with the opposing captain without Ganguly's knowledge during a warm-up game while the team was practising in the nets.
In his note, Ganguly called it a "huge humiliation for any captain". But, he wrote, he let the incident pass as a joke because he did not want to make a scene and create an "unhealthy dressing-room environment".
In his e-mail, Chappell had denied directly telling Ganguly that he should quit. But the skipper told the committee that Chappell had come to him on the eve of the first test and categorically asked him to step down as captain and "go back home to play domestic cricket".
He said Rahul Dravid explained to Chappell that his suggestion could have huge repercussions in India since Ganguly had been appointed captain for the whole tour by the selectors, and the coach was in no position to tell the captain to sit out. Chappell then "pleaded sorry that his timing was wrong".
Chappell had alleged in his mail that Ganguly was destroying the morale of the side by changing the team repeatedly on the morning of the match. But the skipper pointed out that they played the same 11 for almost the series, and only discussed some minor changes.
Accusing Chappell of misrepreseting facts to prove he had faked a tennis elbow in the warm-up game, Ganguly explained the exact nature of his injury and said he couldn't get scans done because there was no facility in Mutare or Bulawayo. Both physiotherapist John Gloster and manager Amitabh Choudhary supported Ganguly on this. Even Ranbir Mahendra, when he addressed the media, called Chappell's injury allegation "far from the truth". Ganguly also submitted trainer Greg King's fitness report, which shows he had actually completed more training sessions than he had been prescribed.
He vehemently fought the charge that he used a policy of "divide and rule". Ganguly stressed on how the Team India concept had emerged under his leadership and gave incidents of how he had backed players, even fought for them with the selectors on occasion. Secretary Karunakaran Nair, who sits in on selection meetings, backed Ganguly on this.
Ganguly also rubbished Chappell's claim that he was scared of the new ball, telling the committee how he had asked Rahul Dravid to retire in the Mutare warm-up match, where things really started going sour between captain and coach, so that he could face the new ball on the second morning. "If you like, you can check with Rahul," Ganguly wrote in his report.
A war is well and truly on. One of the two will definitely go in the next few months. If Ganguly gets his form back, Chappell could be looking at an early exit. Or vice versa for the skipper if he fails to score.
As per BCCI directions, both the coach and captain were unavailable to comment on the contents of the report and what went on in the meeting.
Sources say this is what Ganguly told the panel
• Chappell wants to be boss of the team
• He himself sleeps in the dressing-room, but expects total commitment from the team
• He says one thing to your face and another behind your back
• He did ask me to step down on the eve of the first Test
• He passed a statement on my elbow injury without full knowledge
• He only talks of selection, and not strategy, in team meetings
• Players are scared to tell him their problems, because he uses that against them
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//Ganguly told the committee that Chappell tried to undermine his authority right through the Zimbabwe series and even went out to toss with the opposing captain without Ganguly's knowledge during a warm-up game while the team was practising in the nets.
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How idiotic can Gangu get!!! Shouldnt the captain know when he is supposed to go for the toss. Or did he do it on purpose to keep the opposing captain waiting as he did to Steve Waugh.
Chappel had no issues with his injury. Only point that he made was how could Gangu recover so fast to go out and bat after the ball had become old.
The point to be understood here is that it was Gangu who went to the press after a laborious century and precipitated the matter.
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The above was not in good taste. I have great respect for the Sikh community and their enterprising skills (that is the truth , I am not just playing goody-goody here). Telling Sardarjee jokes is one thing but calling all Sardars “Ullay Kay Pathay” is quite another.
Sikhs have founded and run a large number of business enterprises in India(that employ millions of people). Sikhs have a very significant representation in the Indian Armed Forces (unlike many other Indian communities). A disproportionate number of Sikhs have sacrificed their lives manning India’s borders and I (as an Indian) will not accept statements such as above ridiculing them. The person who led the army that brought Pakistan to its knees in 1971 was a Sardar. The Prime Minister of India,a renowned economist, is a Sardar.
I hope you have got the message. Since this is Khel Khelari, I will not stretch this subject further.
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I dont know who is supporting Gangu here.. unless if u r a culcuttan bonk, nobody will ever support him. He does not have any future in cricket. He got sufficient time to be back in form, now its time for him to step down. I think the BCCI should just sack him, on at best give him one more chance and then allow him to go off on his own.