Sourav Ganguly was introduced again regardless of opposition in 2005: Greg Chappell

Once once more upsetting the controversy across the difficulty of alleged divides within the dressing room throughout his controversy-laden years on the helm, former India coach Greg Chappell in his new e book has acknowledged that Sourav Ganguly was introduced again into the workforce halfway by means of a tour in 2005 regardless of opposition from the senior gamers.
“One of my early tours was to Sri Lanka [2005] for a triangular one-day series, and [Sourav] Ganguly was unavailable because of a suspension for slow over rates,” Chappell writes in his new e book titled Not Out.
He continues, “Jagmohan Dalmiya, the most powerful man in the BCCI at the time, said to me, ‘Greg, would you like Sourav to go on the tour, we can organise it.’ I said, ‘I don’t think we should interfere in the process, plus it’s an opportunity to look at Rahul Dravid and see what options we have.’ Dalmiya was happy enough with that response, and so we went to Sri Lanka without Ganguly.”
The former Australian batsman then went on to say that regardless of opposition from senior workforce members, Ganguly was introduced again into the facet halfway by means of the tour. “The team was a different place without Ganguly, but he became available again midway through the tour. I sat down with some of the senior players and asked whether they wanted him back, and they said ‘no we don’t’, but the selectors brought him back,” he writes.
Chappell joined the India workforce as head coach in 2005 after John Wright’s contract got here to an finish. His two-year tumultuous stint on the helm was marked by controversies, with led to reported situations of friction with senior gamers and bitter fallout with Ganguly. Since then, Chappell has usually taken potshots on the former Indian captain, questioning his work ethics and accusing him of getting been an obstacle within the path of the workforce’s progress.
Most just lately, Chappell stated he had grow to be the coach due to Ganguly and that he left as a result of the resistance inside the workforce acquired an excessive amount of after the southpaw returned to the workforce.
Speaking on the Cricket Life Stories podcast, Chappell stated, “Ganguly was the one who approached me about coaching India. I had other approaches but I decided that since John Buchanan was coaching Australia… I would love to coach the most populous, fanatical cricket country in the world, and that opportunity came about because Sourav, who was the captain, made sure that I did.”
“The two years in India were challenging on every front. The expectations were ridiculous. Some of the issues were around Sourav being captain. He didn’t particularly want to work hard. He didn’t want to improve his cricket. He just wanted to be in the team as captain, so that he could control things,” Chappell stated.
Speaking at a e book launch programme later, Ganguly stated he had made a mistake to counsel Chappell’s identify for the function. “I once had an opportunity to select the coach. I thought I messed it up in 2005. I’m given that opportunity again. Hopefully we will do it correctly this time, whoever it is… Luckily, I have got support in Sachin, VVS, the BCCI secretary and president. Together we will pick the right person,” he stated at a e book launch programme in 2016.
In Not Out, Chappell travels down the reminiscence lane, recounting his experiences throughout his eventful stint because the coach of the Indian workforce and throws gentle on a decade at Cricket Australia, together with warning indicators he noticed forward of the Newlands scandal.