previous BCCI Chief selector and 1983 World Cup winner Sandeep Patil ever since indian coach John Wright Greg Ghappell believed he wanted to introduce Australian culture into the Indian team with his dominant and aggressive ways, which led to his unceremonious exit.
Patil addressed the issue in his autobiography “Beyond Boundaries”, which was released in Mumbai on Wednesday.
“I think John is the ideal coach for the Indian team,” Patil opined. “He was soft-spoken, polite, well-mannered, always kept to himself and was happy to be in the shadow of Sourav Ganguly (captain). Apart from that, he kept a distance from the media . Greg Chappell Year.
“Greg wants to introduce Australian culture and the Australian way of playing. cricketand the Australian way of thinking. He could have done it, but he didn’t bide his time. I think this is where the disagreement started, with him going against some disobedient seniors.
Patil mentioned that Chappell wanted to “change everything overnight,” in contrast to Wright, who played the waiting game, learned the system and used it.
“Greg was a very strong personality; very aggressive. The moment Jagmohan Dalmiya said you have free reign, he thought he could change everything overnight. John waited, and learned this system.
“He introduced flexibility in the Indian team and he ruined everything with Rahul Dravid, who replaced Ganguly as captain. Irrfan (Pathan) was asked Improve the order.
“Another problem in the Greg Chappell saga is Ian Fraser as assistant manager. Most players didn’t like his presence.”
Further talking about Wright, India’s first foreign coach, Patil wrote that the New Zealanders treated every player equally.
“…During his tenure, there was no such thing as ‘seniors’ and juniors. It was a team. He believed that all seniors were leaders in some way. He gave them respect and a hands-off approach, and I felt like Neil Kumble didn’t do it and Greg Chappell shouldn’t do it,” he wrote.
“For Chappell, he is in the news every day. It is very important for a coach to first understand the policies of a particular board, the thinking of the board members and the chairman. He should maintain a good relationship with the chairman and the chairman. “Secretary , and of course Captain and John’s team, they did a fantastic job.”
He added that Chappell was angry with senior people in the team, many of whom have yet to publicly reveal what exactly happened, including Kumble and Dravid.
“Sourav is not a guy who gets up and starts running and stretching. You need to give him time. I think Greg rubbed the seniors the wrong way, even though some of the seniors didn’t talk about him openly – some like Kumble What also remains so ironic is that Ganguly was instrumental in getting him on board but was instrumental in his exit,” reads an excerpt from the book.
