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previous Australia Cricketer Greg Chappell’s tenure as India head coach has been marked by controversy. Chappell was also heavily criticized for India’s early exit from the 2007 ODI World Cup.
former indian cricketer Robin Uthappa The early years of his career were spent with the Indian team with Greg Chappell as the head coach. After working with him, Utapa had a lot of thoughts on the issues that arose during his coaching years.
Uthappa accused Chappell of leaking certain information from the dressing room and carrying out an agenda. While Uthapa felt Chappell was good with young players, he called Chappell a coach who never respected Indian culture.
“Greg Chappell is pursuing an agenda” – Robin Uthappa
During a discussion at Larantop, Robin Uthappa was asked about the decline of Indian cricket during Greg Chappell’s tenure as India head coach. Uthappa claimed the team environment under Chappell was the worst.
He accused Chappell of setting the agenda and coaching with an Australian mentality, which didn’t quite work in India. According to Uthappa, Chappelle never respected Indian culture and had a bad habit of leaking information when things went against him.
“Team USA ka mahaul bahut kharab tha (The environment on the team is very bad). Greg Chappell is running an agenda. He coaches with an Australian mentality and he says, ‘This is what we’re doing in ‘”I don’t think he respected the Indian culture, he came in and tried to bring in the Australian culture,” Uthappa said.
“He also has a bad habit of leaking information when things don’t go according to his plan. It doesn’t go well with the players. He leaks information from the dressing room,” he added.
“Greg Chappell was very good to me” – Robin Uthappa
While Greg Chappell doesn’t have the best relationship with senior players, Robin Uthappa claims he was good to him when he was younger. He spoke about his mentality when he was selected for the Indian team for international cricket.
“Greg Chappell was very good to me as a youngster. I just came into the team. I was young and he used to support the youngsters. As a 20-year-old, my dream was to play for India and for India wins and hopefully I can win a World Cup for India,” Uthappa said.
“When you get a chance to play for the national team, you feel like a boss. You don’t need anything else. I will give everything for my team. That’s the mentality I play with,” he added road.
Uthappa also revealed that under Chappell’s leadership, the concept of strength training was introduced, but it did not work well for senior players because they were not used to it. Ultimately, Chappell’s Australian approach affected India’s overall performance.
One of the darkest days in Indian cricket history
Led by Greg Chappell, India were eliminated in the group stages of the 2007 ODI World Cup in West Indies. India suffered heavy losses to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the group stage and were eliminated from the tournament.
The team didn’t. senior players Rahul Dravid As captain. Chappell is credited with changing the team’s batting order and Sachin Tendulkar Batting in the middle order instead of opening the overs.
