Re: WARNING! Do Not Enter...Chapells Laboratory
I think you guys are giving too much credit to Chappell (like those people in the Parliament). Firstly, team selection and batting order is decided more by the captain than the coach. Secondly, what can the coach do if players can't perform. The key reasons for India flopping lately is poor batting from the top order / middle order (and not the fact that Pathan was sent up the order). Key people who have done poorly are Sehwag, Tendulkar, Kaif, and Raina. There was no experiments done with them. Sehwag/Tendular are out of form, while Kaif is not a batsman who can play well abroad. I think the real reason for India's dimal performance is lack of good demestic cricket infrastructure and poor batting wickets. They need to build more pitches like Mohali in domestic cricket, if they want quality batsmen who can play swing/bounce.
As far as the parliament is concerned, the less said the better. They should realize that their main job is to create policies that alleviate poverty and provide healthcare and not discussing the performance of Indian cricket team.