http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gregory-Stephen-Chappell-c60820 blames Virender Sehwag for the current unrest in the Indian camp - Cricket News Update
Former Australia captain, Greg Chappell, feels http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739’s captaincy ambitions have led to the current unrest in the Indian camp.
The Indian cricket team has had a turbulent last week, and the recently concluded tour of Australia saw the senior players, especially the captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 and his deputy Virender Sehwag, criticise each other publically in separate press conferences.
Whilst many blamed Mahendra Singh Dhoni for opening up the confrontation, Chappell believes Sehwag’s eagerness to lead the side has hurt the team.
"Sehwag thought he should be captain after (Anil) Kumble, so there is a bit of a collision there," said Chappell during a promotional event for his book 'Fierce Focus' on Wednesday.
"I think Dhoni is getting to a point where Test cricket is getting too hard for him, and the undercurrent around the dressing room cannot help," the former Australian cricketer added further.
Chappell, who had coached the Indian cricket team from 2005 to 2007, observed that Dhoni and his Men in Blue were least interested in playing Test cricket during their recent tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
"It was obvious from the start of the tour that the Indians weren't really interested in Test cricket," said Chappell.
"After the Australians showed that they were going to be a formidable foe, I was very disappointed with the Indians,” the 63-year-old former Aussie cricketer added further.
The Australian observed that playing five day cricket was hard for most of the players in the Indian squad who toured Australia earlier this year. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 lost the four-match Test series against Australia 4-0, and this was their second successive Test whitewash
in six months overseas. He blamed the lucrative Indian Premier League and added that their lethargic approach to the game was to be blamed for the down fall.
“Having worked with many of them and having been in the dressing room with them, Test cricket was too hard for most of them,” observed Chappell, who had captained Australia from 1975 to 1977.
“They can only make a lot of money playing 20-over cricket. Fifty-over cricket they can sort of put up with,” he added further.
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