A letter to Greg Chappell

A letter to Greg Chappell

Hi Greg, hope you are doing fine and find this letter in the best of your finger.
I can understand the kind of pressure you have being the coach of number 3 cricketing nation in the world and physical injuries are just a part of it…. And whether media or Indian public believes it or not I very well understand that hurt finger needs a bit of air and you need to stick out of the compact window to nurse the injury

Media highlighted the agitation against you in kolkata when dada was dropped for ODI’s what media forgot to notice was that agitation was definitely against you but to show their aggression towards you for taking this decision too late. After all, how can a man with the highest success rate of captaincy along with qualities like sweet timer on the off side and power full hitter on the on side can be ignored…

You made or supported the right decision, he had to go… after all we are building a team for world cup 2007 and we need fresh blood, experience is already present in plenty….
So what if Rahul started his career at the same time when Saurav did. He hardly get any appreciation for his wonderful knocks, he had to over come the shadow of great cricketer and how can he do it… well I m sure u knew the answer, As a captain he has become your man as u are for Kiran More, I must say that you both form a great pair and why not?, you both share similar mentality and process…

Being a silent spectator is not easy and you did a wonderful job by not entering in to the famous argument between Surav and Rhul. I am sure that the argument would have been moving the direction u wanted to… smart move huh… and that is why I love your style… you are so smart!

Saurav did the wrong thing by entering the public arena and accused you for following malpractices and here’s why I adore you so much… before media could report the whole incident, you were ready with your story... (No, don’t take me otherwise, I am sure u told the “true story”) about Saurav asking you for favours before you becoming the coach…

You have time and time again proved consistency in your methodology, after the Saurav episode happened, every body expected you to act in the bizarre manner and drop Sehwag and Kaif but you adopted the right approach by maintaining the trend of keeping your faith on youngsters not performing and overlooking experienced performers… fresh blood, youth, energy, innovation… performance doesn’t matter alone, mere presence of them makes the team look more young.. At least from your vision and I must salute your wisdom which still so fresh and young and even at this age!

And finally I would like to thank you for your “Australian” style of working here in India, and if even now, Saurav thinks he has been treated badly… he must go back a few years ago and see what happened with Steve Waugh…

Keep up the good work Greg, I am sure “your men” would bring the world cup and the upcoming tour of West Indies would help you in understanding the best possible way through which it can be “picked up”

Regards
Your biggest fan!