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A 56-year-old Australian legend will guide Indian cricket’s destiny
for two year’s leading to the World Cup in West Indies.
Adelaide born Gregory Stephen Chappell, known as Greg Chappell, is the unanimous choice of the selection panel formed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
The panel had BCCI president Ranbir Singh Mahendra, his predecessor Jagmohan Dalmia and former Indian cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and S Venkataraghavan.
The names considered by the panel included former Indian cricketer Mohinder Amarnath, who once called the Indian selectors a “bunch of fools’’, former West Indian opener Desmond Haynes and Aussie Tom Moody.
The right-handed Aussie legend comes with his vast experience as a cricketer for teams including Australia, Queensland , Somerset and South Australia.
Greg Chappell has played 85 tests and scored 7110 runs, with a enviable average of 53.86. He has hit 24 tons.
In the 74 one dayers he has played, Chappel has scored 2331 runs, with an average of 40.18.
Chappel, who was the Wisden cricketer of the year in 1973, is known as a no-nonsense cricketing brain, with a brilliant eye for minute details which turn the course of the modern day game.
By selecting Chappell, the Indian cricketing to brass has indicated that it still counts Australia as the stumbling block in its professed aim of bringing back the World Cup. The next World Cup is in West Indies in 2007.
Chappell’s selection is also a solace to beleaguered skipper Saurav Ganguly, who has been having a rough patch for a long time. Being a master strategist and an able technician with the bat, Chappell would be expected to fix Ganguly’s technical flaws.
Though Chappell’s term’s and conditions as the coach would be similar to that of his predecessor John Wright, it is still not known how much free hand the BCCI is willing to give him, especially in matters regarding the selection of the final eleven.
John Wright had rued in his swan song that he did not have a say in the selection process.
But Chappell’s selection has thrown up another issue.
India’s present woes have been mostly related to their bowling department and analysts are wary of Chappell’s prowess to fix the issue, since he is basically a right hand bat, though he has had some success with the ball too.
In 87 Tests he played Chappel has taken 47 wickets and in ODI’s he has taken 72 wickets.
But people who believe that the bowling department needs a specialist coach has already started clamouring for one. The BCCI has left the issue open. It may appoint a bowling coach, it is reliably learnt.
Chappell was considered for the hot seat earlier also, but remunaration package became the bone of contention between the BCCI and Chappell then, paving the way for Wright’s accession.
But now, BCCI just wants the right man and money is not at all a hassle for the country’s richest sports body.
So Greg Chappell, who scored a century in his first and last tests, takes over the destiny of Indian cricket probably by the first week of June itself, when the monsoon usually arrives in the country’s south western side.
The legendary Aussie may have landed a coveted job, but giant odds confront him in the hot seat of glory.
john right
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what did john right do.Former India Test batsman Ashok Malhotra is visibly upset after not being considered for coach of the Indian cricket team.
"Nobody from the BCCI approached me for my CV," said Malhotra, who had taken over the reins of the Indian team from then coach John Wright during the one-day tri-series in Bangladesh in April last year when the latter had to return to New Zealand following his father's death.
"I have coached the Indian 'A' team. I have also been coaching at the National Cricket Academy, but nobody from the BCCI seems to have noticed," he told rediff.com
"Nobody approached me, nobody approached Madan Lal. Both of us are doing coaching at some level in India, but the BCCI doesn't seem to care."
Malhotra, who played 7 Tests and 20 ODIs for India between 1982 and 1986, is not happy with some of the candidates shortlisted for the job.
"What has Jimmy (Mohinder) Amarnath done to be considered for the post of Indian coach?"
"You just cannot get up one fine day and say 'I want to be the coach of the Indian team'. You have to be qualified and must have experience," the 48 year old said.
Malhotra said though Amarnath was a great player in his playing days, but that does not automatically make him a great coach.
"He is out of coaching for 10 years, how can he suddenly take over the Indian team? He once coached Bangladesh, and now he cannot even land in Dhaka."
"Yes, you were a great player in your time. But you must understand that here you are not playing, you have to make the team play at the top level at all times, and for that you need experience. You need to go the academies and be in touch with the game."
The four candidates -- Australians Greg Chappell and Tom Moody, India's Mohinder Amarnath and West Indian Desmond Haynes -- will be interviewed by BCCI's six-member special committee in New Delhi on Thursday, May 19.
Special: Meet the Contenders
The special committee comprises BCCI President Ranbir Singh Mahendra, BCCI secretary S K Nair, former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya and three former Test cricketers, Sunil Gavaskar, Srinivas Venkatraghavan and Ravi Shastri.
Another Indian -- Sandeep Patil -- pulled out of the race, after he expressed his inability to take up the job because of his current coaching assignments with the Oman team.
"I would have been happy if Sandeep had been given the job. Sandeep has done a great job as a coach in the last few years with teams like Kenya and Oman. Even with India 'A' he was very good, it is unfortunate that he is not in the running."
Chappell and Moody are the hot favourites and Malhotra feels it would be an insult to Amarnath if the BCCI has already decided that it would select a foreign coach and Amarnath's interview is just a formality.
"It would be an insult to a great player like Amarnath if the BCCI has already made up its mind to select a foreign coach. Amarnath is one of India's all-time greats and must be shown respect," said Malhotra, a member of the Indian team that won the World Championship of Cricket in Australia in February 1985.
He added that whoever is selected as the next coach must understand the players' problems and address it accordingly.
"Everybody says John Wright did a good job, but what exactly did he do? He could not rectify Sourav Ganguly's short-pitched delivery problem for five years."
"The captain is an important member of the team and Wright being a batsman himself would have served Indian cricket better had he helped Ganguly in tackling the short-pitched stuff."
"Sourav kept Wright for five years because he was a strong captain. Sourav was able to motivate the team and keep them going," he said.
Malhotra believes the best person must be selected irrespective of where he hails from, a step, which would ultimately benefit Indian cricket.
so, whome do you think is good .100%chappel is better.
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