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India selectors FIRES on Chappell
Under fire: Greg Chappell
Former India coach Greg Chappell has come under attack from four national selectors, whose comments were picked up by a television "sting operation".
Headlines Today and its sister channel, Aaj Tak, obtained undercover interviews from Venkatapathy Raju, Ranjib Biswal, Bhupinder Singh Snr and Sanjay Jagdale.
Bhupinder is taped saying: "There were instances when Chappell was not talking to players for four or five days.
"Greg wanted to show everybody he was the boss. He wasn't happy with anyone."
An official from The Board of Control for Cricket in India commented: "We will have to see whether the tape is authentic or not."
Bhupinder cited the Indian tour of South Africa in the winter as the moment Chappell began blanking out many of the players.
"He was not on talking terms with Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh," said the North Zone selector.
East Zone selector Biswal said: "Greg could not understand Indian cricketers' psyche. He was more like a schoolmaster than a friend."
Jagdale, who was team manager during the World Cup, said there were problems among the players too.
"They were not supporting [captain Rahul] Dravid. Some players were backing Tendulkar, some [Sourav] Ganguly.
"I won't call it factionalism but there were some personal problems."
Speaking in Dhaka, where India play the first of three one-day internationals on Thursday, Dravid dismissed reports that his leadership had been undermined.
He said: "To be honest with you, I felt I had as much support as I needed."
Under fire: Greg Chappell
Under fire: Greg Chappell
Former India coach Greg Chappell has come under attack from four national selectors, whose comments were picked up by a television "sting operation".
Headlines Today and its sister channel, Aaj Tak, obtained undercover interviews from Venkatapathy Raju, Ranjib Biswal, Bhupinder Singh Snr and Sanjay Jagdale.
Bhupinder is taped saying: "There were instances when Chappell was not talking to players for four or five days.
"Greg wanted to show everybody he was the boss. He wasn't happy with anyone."
An official from The Board of Control for Cricket in India commented: "We will have to see whether the tape is authentic or not."
Bhupinder cited the Indian tour of South Africa in the winter as the moment Chappell began blanking out many of the players.
"He was not on talking terms with Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh," said the North Zone selector.
East Zone selector Biswal said: "Greg could not understand Indian cricketers' psyche. He was more like a schoolmaster than a friend."
Jagdale, who was team manager during the World Cup, said there were problems among the players too.
"They were not supporting [captain Rahul] Dravid. Some players were backing Tendulkar, some [Sourav] Ganguly.
"I won't call it factionalism but there were some personal problems."
Speaking in Dhaka, where India play the first of three one-day internationals on Thursday, Dravid dismissed reports that his leadership had been undermined.
He said: "To be honest with you, I felt I had as much support as I needed."
Under fire: Greg Chappell
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