Indian culture does not produce good leaders, reckons Greg Chappell – Cricket News Update
The former Indian coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gregory-Stephen-Chappell-c60820, on Wednesday blamed the submissive Indian culture for not producing good leaders.
During his coaching stint with the Men in Blue from 2005 to 2007, the former Australian cricketer observed that in the Subcontinent, young guys are not trained to be leaders, as the decisions are made by parents, school teachers and coaches in the Indian
system.
"The (Indian) culture is very different, it's not a team culture. They lack leaders in the team because they are not trained to be leaders,” said Chappell while speaking to media reporters on Wednesday.
“From an early age, their parents make all the decisions, their schoolteachers make their decisions, their cricket coaches make the decisions," he added further.
The Indian cricket team has recently succumbed to back-to-back Test series whitewashes overseas against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746. Their one-day form has also been below par during both the competitions, even though they are World Champions in the ODI format.
Many have blamed Dhoni’s defensive approach for the Test losses, and they want him to step down from the role. Chappell however, feels differently, and thinks that given the lack of an able body to replace Dhoni, the Ranchi boy should be supported to continue
his role with a few modifications.
Chappell further added that the Indians are ingrained to keep their heads down and not take the onus of responsibility.
"The Poms (British) taught them really well to keep their head down,” said the former Australian cricketer, who captained the Aussies between 1975 and 1977.
“For if someone was deemed to be responsible, they'd get punished. So the Indians have learned to avoid responsibility. So before taking responsibility for any decisions, they prefer not to," he added further.
He termed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 as one exceptional case, an example of one swimming against the tide.
Indian selectors have recently promoted the hard hitting middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 to vice captaincy, hoping to find an aggressive future captain in the prodigious batsman.
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