Questioning Greg Chappell
When asked about who gave the authority to Greg Chappell to suggest Saurav Ganguly to pull-out from the playing 11 for the first test match against Zimbabwe, some of the critics gave such tame justifications:
I. "Greg Chappell is a professional, so he did not shy away from giving his advice 'for the betterment of the team.'" Does that mean that the intentions of selection committe was to harm the team interest?
II. "First the exact context has to be understood in which Greg made that suggestion'." Why no one tried to understand the 'proper context' in which Saurav made that public statement? Why is he openly blamed at the first oppurtunity for the smallest of mistakes and Greg is protected for what ever he does by trying to find a 'proper context' for his behaviour?
III. "Greg gave that suggestion when he was asked to give 'elder brotherly' advice by Saurav himself." If this is true then all the blame rests with Saurav and a clean chit must be given to Greg Chappell.
IV. "Greg is always right - he is tough, aggressive, wise and professional." When Saurav was packing the bag to leave, it was Rahul Dravid who suggested that it would not be wise to take such a decision in the middle of the series. I don't know why some people consider Greg to be the wisest of all while he is no match to the wisdoms of the likes of Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar.
The recent truce seems to have swallowed all the differences between Saurav and Greg which seems to have made the job of BCCI review committee on this issue all the more easy. The Selection committee might in all probability drop Saurav in the next series, which would be the more accepted way of removing a captain, and should put an end to all the controversies. But the apprehension remains that Greg may repeat similar acts in future if not asked to explain himself properly by the BCCI (and media).
I. "Greg Chappell is a professional, so he did not shy away from giving his advice 'for the betterment of the team.'" Does that mean that the intentions of selection committe was to harm the team interest?
II. "First the exact context has to be understood in which Greg made that suggestion'." Why no one tried to understand the 'proper context' in which Saurav made that public statement? Why is he openly blamed at the first oppurtunity for the smallest of mistakes and Greg is protected for what ever he does by trying to find a 'proper context' for his behaviour?
III. "Greg gave that suggestion when he was asked to give 'elder brotherly' advice by Saurav himself." If this is true then all the blame rests with Saurav and a clean chit must be given to Greg Chappell.
IV. "Greg is always right - he is tough, aggressive, wise and professional." When Saurav was packing the bag to leave, it was Rahul Dravid who suggested that it would not be wise to take such a decision in the middle of the series. I don't know why some people consider Greg to be the wisest of all while he is no match to the wisdoms of the likes of Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar.
The recent truce seems to have swallowed all the differences between Saurav and Greg which seems to have made the job of BCCI review committee on this issue all the more easy. The Selection committee might in all probability drop Saurav in the next series, which would be the more accepted way of removing a captain, and should put an end to all the controversies. But the apprehension remains that Greg may repeat similar acts in future if not asked to explain himself properly by the BCCI (and media).
posted by sami at 9/24/2005 01:29:00 AM
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