Driving Naari Programme launched in Chandigarh
New Delhi, Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has lashed out against former India coach Greg Chappell in his autobiography – Playing It My Way. Describing the veteran Australian cricketer as a ‘ringmaster,’ Tendulkar writes that he imposed his ideas on players.
Appointed coach of the national Indian cricket team in May 2005, Chappell had a controversial stint with the team. While his spats with then skipper Sourav Ganguly made headlines repeatedly, Tendulkar has now come out and criticised the former Aussie legend who, in 2011, had called him ‘fragile on occasions’.
The two had a fallout when Chapell tried to tinker with Tendulkar’s batting position. He later regretted the decision. “My biggest regret was falling out with Sachin over him batting at number four in the one-day team,” Chappell was quoted as saying by PTI in September 2011.
Chappell however also tried to bring in several other changes in the Indian team during his stint as coach. Most of these were not appreciated by senior players. Even Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh previously slammed him and showed support for Ganguly. “It was as if you’ve been framed. It was like ‘we don’t want you in the team. It’s not about performance, we don’t like your attitude, you’re stopping the growth of cricket in the Indian team’. I felt it personally because I was dropped straight after the Sri Lanka tour, even though I had not performed badly,” Zaheer had said on a news channal.
