Greg Chappell -- symbol of evil

[fineleg]

Aussies and Cricket Aus are being smart in their prep and using influence etc. Neither our players nor BCCI plan so much for important tours. Blame is with BCCI and our folks. Yes, RCA is doing the wrong thing, but why cant we outwit Aus like Crick Aus does to us? BCCI needs to arrange better things when we tour. our players shud also need more involvement in asking for these.

[riya]

That was pathetic from that Shetty guy .I just hate these kind of silly whining .U should not greet a guest by constant cursing .

[anbuchelvan]

We Indians are boot lickers.Shame on BCCI.

[Dinx - the Jinx]

Aussies and Cricket Aus are being smart in their prep and using influence etc. Neither our players nor BCCI plan so much for important tours. Blame is with BCCI and our folks. Yes, RCA is doing the wrong thing, but why cant we outwit Aus like Crick Aus does to us? BCCI needs to arrange better things when we tour. our players shud also need more involvement in asking for these.

Last June, when CA announced the itenary of India tour down under, with just one warm up match before the first test in Melbourne, Rahul Dravid, who was the captain at that time, did raise an issue about it. He requested BCCI to arrange one more warm up game. BCCI wrote to CA asking the same, but it was flatly refused by CA. BCCI and our players do want to prepare. Its not just Australia who want to win. Even we wanted to have a better preparation before the Test series started in Australia last year, but CA did not accomodate our request. So the question is, when CA is so adamant in not letting us prepare the way we wanted before the start of the test series, why should we be so obliging and give them whatever they want. 10 pitches.. WTF? Whose money is it anyway? Its money raised from the Indian public by way of gate collections and TV sponsorships thats serving Aussie interests now... this is damn ugly from RCA

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Cricket Australia applaud Rajasthan hospitality Cricket Australia have thanked the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) for the facilities offered to the Australian team at their academy in Jaipur. Australia are acclimatising to Indian conditions at the RCA Academy, where Greg Chappell, appointed the team's assistant coach for the tour, is an advisor. More... Australia in India 2008-09 Cricket Australia applauds Rajasthan hospitality Cricinfo staff September 26, 2008 Greg Chappell would do well to improve Ricky Ponting's Test average in India © AFP Cricket Australia has thanked the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) for the facilities offered to the Australian team at their academy in Jaipur. Australia are acclimatising to Indian conditions at the RCA Academy, where Greg Chappell, appointed the team's assistant coach for the tour, is an advisor. "It is important for any touring cricket team to acclimatise to the conditions before a big series and we're grateful to the Rajasthan Cricket Association for the hospitality they have extended to Australia and the high quality of the facilities on offer at RCA's Academy in Jaipur," Michael Brown, Cricket Australia's acting chief executive, said. "We look forward to extending the same courtesies to India when they next tour Australia as part of the successful and ongoing bilateral relationship between Cricket Australia and the BCCI." However, the move to provide the Australian team the best hospitality hasn't gone down too well with a few BCCI officials. "We won't get this kind of facilities if India went abroad, we would have got the bare minimum," Ratnakar Shetty, the BCCI's chief administrative officer, said. "RCA is being a little too obliging to the Australian team, they have done more than what a host country will do." However Lalit Modi, the BCCI vice-president and RCA president, said it provided Rajasthan's players a chance to interact with members of the No. 1 Test team. "I don't see anything wrong in it. This is a unique year in that Australia had time on their hands with the cancellation of the Champions Trophy," Modi said. "I saw no reason to deny them. "If we have time on hand and approach the Australians they will respond positively and provide us with top-class facilities at the Australian Centre of Excellence [in Brisbane]," Modi said. "I also look at it in another way. The Rajasthan boys preparing for the domestic Ranji season have got the chance to train with the world's best team free of cost." Australia have been based in Jaipur since September 22, and play a two-day warm-up game against the RCA Centre of Excellence starting on the 27th.

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Advantage Oz Former and current players unhappy with Aussies getting customised facilities at RCA, reports Arjun Sen. More... Advantage Oz Arjun Sen, Hindustan Times Jaipur, September 25, 2008 First Published: 22:45 IST(25/9/2008) Last Updated: 00:17 IST(26/9/2008) It was a scene straight out of an India training session from a couple of years ago — Greg Chappell and Ian Frazer standing together, eyes fixed on the nets, talking to each other and suggesting a change here and there. Except that it wasn't. It was, in fact, the Australian cricket team which was working at the nets, and the former India coach and his once deputy were busy ironing out the chinks in the Aussie armour ahead of their Test series against India. Jaipur has, in almost every way, been the proverbial home away from home for Ricky Ponting and his boys. The Academy here for which Chappell is a consultant, has paid attention to every detail in an effort to make the Aussies adapt and acclimatise to conditions quicker. From customised wickets to video analysis, the Academy has turned into a virtual control room for the visitors. With Chappell overseeing the preparation at the Academy and making sure his new team gets every little bit of help it can from this stint, it would hardly surprise anyone if the tourists were in better shape come the first Test in Bangalore. No quid pro quo this The Australian players have themselves acknowledged the work Chappell has put in, preparing the wickets and getting the logistical support together. "Greg has done wonders already with the team and his knowledge both as a player and as a former India coach will undoubtedly help us," was what Michael Hussey had to say. Now, while Chappell, in his new capacity, is well within his rights to provide the best possible facilities for the Australians, it is the role of the RCA that needs to be closely examined. It must be a first that a touring side is being provided such absolutely customised facilities at an academy run by the state association. While it is normal for an away side to make use of facilities at a privately run facility —which is what teams, including India, regularly do on foreign tours - seldom, if ever, can a touring side command the kind of modified facilities the Australians have enjoyed here. Almost everyone at the Academy —from the administrators to the local players — have gone out of their way to provide every little bit of assistance they can to the Aussies, a situation that is stark contrast to what the Indians faced when in Australia. "Ahead of a tri-series game in Melbourne, the local net bowlers did not show up, forcing the likes of Sachin and Raina to turn their arm over," said a member of the touring party there. Bewilderment & anger Even former players seemed surprised by the treatment the Aussies have been getting in Jaipur. "I must say we were never provided such facilities while on tour," said Madan Lal. "At best, we were given two wickets to practice, and finding local net bowlers often proved to be a problem. Most of the times we had to make do among ourselves." "Chappell, however, is doing his job - he knows how tough it is to tour India and is doing everything to make sure his boys are well prepared," Lal added. "The real person to find out what the thinking behind this exercise is Lalit Modi." "I seriously do not understand what is happening in Jaipur at the moment. I mean, by the time the first Test starts, the Indians may have squandered every bit of their home advantage," said another former player. A current India player, speaking from Vadodara, where most of the Indian Test squad is stationed for the Irani Cup, told HT it was "ridiculous" to give the world champions this advantage. "There's a limit to playing the friendly hosts. This is Australia we're facing. Have they (the officials helping out) forgotten Sydney? It's a battle and we are giving away battle plans and handing them the advantage gift-wrapped. And the Board officials are too busy to care." The reference was obviously to the Mumbai AGM and election weekend ahead. The BCCI brass is obviously busy but if they could spare a little thought for what's happening here in Jaipur and the actual cricket, it might help their own cause in the long run.

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India players angry Aussies are comfy INDIA'S players have vented their frustrations over the immaculate facilities being afforded to the Australian team ahead of the four-Test series starting next month. More... India players angry Aussies are comfy September 26, 2008 INDIA'S players have vented their frustrations over the immaculate facilities being afforded to the Australian team ahead of the four-Test series starting next month. The home nation has grown increasingly restless over the comfort in which the tourists have been allowed to practice by the Rajasthan Cricket Association, who opened up their new academy for use following the intervention of their advisor and now Australian team attache Greg Chappell. In addition to the generous variety of pitches prepared to Chappell's order, the Australians have also been supplied with willing net bowlers and training grounds the equal of anything they might have utilised at home. Looking on from Vadodara, where they are engaged in a Delhi versus the Rest of India match for their Irani Cup, Indian player grumbles have become strong enough to surface in the local press. "There's a limit to playing friendly hosts - this is the Australians we're facing," an unnamed player told the Hindustan Times. "Have they (the Rajasthan officials) forgotten Sydney? "It's a battle and we are giving away battle plans and handing them the advantage gift-wrapped. And the board officials are too busy to care." The foul-tempered Sydney Test, won in dramatic fashion by Australia with the help of poor umpiring, still rankles strongly with the Indian team and public. Australia's series victory was built on that match and also a comfortable win in the first Test in Melbourne, after the Indians gave themselves only a week in which to prepare. Cricket Australia (CA) rubbed salt into the wound late Friday - perhaps unintentionally - by sending out a gushing press release about the standard of their welcome in Rajasthan. CA acting chief executive Michael Brown did however offer some consolation for the Indians by suggesting they would be afforded similarly lush treatment on their next visit down under. "It is important for any touring cricket team to acclimatise to the conditions before a big series and were grateful to the Rajasthan Cricket Association for the hospitality they've extended to Australia and the high quality of the facilities on offer at RCAs Academy in Jaipur," he said. "We look forward to extending the same courtesies to India when they next tour Australia as part of the successful and ongoing bilateral relationship between CA and the BCCI."

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Guru Greg gives away Game India At the helm of the Indian team for almost two years, former coach Greg Chappell and his assistant Ian Frazer know the strengths, weaknesses, frailties and fortes of Indian players, reports Arjun Sen. More... Guru Greg gives away Game India Arjun Sen , Hindustan Times Jaipur, September 26, 2008 First Published: 00:09 IST(26/9/2008) Last Updated: 11:52 IST(26/9/2008) At the helm of the Indian team for almost two years, former coach Greg Chappell and his assistant Ian Frazer know the strengths, weaknesses, frailties and fortes of Indian players. And now, they might be using that information against their erstwhile team. At a party in Jaipur on Wednesday night, Chappell seemed embittered by the India experience. Glass in hand, unfettered by BCCI restrictions, he lashed out at what he thought was the mismanagement of talent in India. Sample this statement on Yuvraj. “I made him the player he is now,” said Chappell. “The guy was very reckless … I told him if he hit the ball in the air that would be that. He batted very well when I was in charge… look what’s happened to him now.” The reference was to Yuvi’s lack of form and his not being picked for the Irani Cup. Frazer, meanwhile, was taking Australian coach Tim Nielsen through the weaknesses of Indian batsmen. The former bio-mechanist, who has spent hours bowling to the Indian players at nets, kept it succinct. “The trick to get Sehwag is simple: roll your fingers over the ball, cut back on the pace and the guy is way too early into his shot.” Though this isn’t classified information, the fact that the men once closely associated with the team, and still associated with a privately funded BCCI-affiliated cricket academy, are using that knowledge to the detriment of their former team, raises some tricky issues. Asked whether coaches moving from one team to another also transferred information, Fraser, now a coach with the RCA, replied: “It is like European soccer. Obviously coaches will take information with them...” And it doesn’t bode well for the Indians, as they begin their quest to win back the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

[SachDan]

Modi trying to be the perfect host..it has not gone well with many Board members and he will be officially reprimanded at the AGM.

[Ram]

What sort of an article title is this? What next? 'Aussies chill out on the beach'.. ?

[DomainK]

Lets stick to one thread for guru Greg's acts, statements etc. Everyday there is a new thread on the same topic.

[Desi Cartman]

GREG Chappell insists he possesses no classified information about the Indian team, and would not hand it over to his new employer if he did. Instead, the man who polarised a nation of a billion people in his two years as India coach and is now helping plot its defeat, says his role is to help the Australian team through its biggest upheaval in more than two decades and create greater understanding between the countries to avoid a repeat of the hostilities that erupted last summer. Almost 18 months after he walked away from the Indian coaching job, his mere presence as an assistant to Tim Nielsen for the early part of this Indian odyssey has reopened old wounds among locals, who struggle to reconcile his advisory role with the Rajasthan Cricket Academy with his new position. So, is Guru Greg a double agent, passing on Indian secrets to his native country? "To be quite honest, we haven't discussed the Indian team," the former Australian Test captain said. "The Australians have played against India pretty regularly in recent times. I think they have got enough footage and personal experience with the Indian team to understand what they have to do. "(A) I don't feel I have any sensitive information, and (b) professionalism suggests there are certain things that are not available to the Australians. Anyway, there is nothing I know that they don't know." Cricket Australia headhunted Chappell to lend a hand on this tour even before he was appointed to lead the Centre of Excellence, using his Rajasthan connections to secure a precious extra week's preparation when the Champions Trophy was cancelled — a show of hospitality the Indian board and its players are not entirely happy about. "There's a limit to playing the friendly hosts," a current player told The Hindustan Times. "This is Australia we're facing. Have they forgotten Sydney? It's a battle and we are giving away battle plans and giving them the advantage gift-wrapped." During his first week in the Australian inner sanctum, Chappell has discussed Ricky Ponting's approach to batting in India, the only country where success has eluded the skipper, lent his experience to a bowling squad that includes four rookies and lectured the team about the importance of embracing a cricket nation whose unprecedented wealth gives it immense political influence. "The fact of the matter is this is the centre of the universe as far as cricket is concerned," said Chappell, who believes a healthy respect exists between the teams despite the disillusionment that followed the Harbhajan Singh race scandal. "If you want to be involved in cricket, India is going to be a part of it. "This is another message for the boys on this tour, that if it wasn't for India, cricket would be a very minor game, so let's embrace that and understand that and it will put everything into perspective. "Having said that, there will be a lot of scrutiny, off the field, of what is happening on the field, and the worst thing you can do is get distracted. "What you need to do is play good, solid cricket for five days of the Test match, and if you can do that, it will be a really good series and Australia has a chance to succeed."

[Desi Cartman]

I read in an Aussie newspaper that SRT is pissed off with Chappel helping the Aussies and also that BCCI is giving them everything that they want ...

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I have no sensitive information on India: Chappell Dismissing all rumuours about being a 'double agent', former India coach Greg Chappell declared that he does not possess any classified information about the Indian team, and even if he did would not hand it over to his new employer, Australia. More... I have no sensitive information about India, insists Chappell Press Trust Of India Melbourne, September 27, 2008 First Published: 12:08 IST(27/9/2008) Last Updated: 12:20 IST(27/9/2008) Clearing all rumuours about his role as a a double agent, former India coach Greg Chappell said that he possesses no classified information about the Indian team, and if he did, would not hand it over to his new employer Australia. Chappel, who stepped down as coach of the Indian team more than 18 months ago, is presently touring with Ricky Ponting's men as an assistant to coach Tim Nielsen. His mere presence with the Aussies for the four-match Test series has flared up rumours that he would pass on vital information regarding the Indian outfit to Nielsen. However, Chappell, who is also advisor with the Rajasthan Cricket Academy, has rubbished such claims. "To be quite honest we haven't discussed the Indian team. The Australians have played against India pretty regularly in recent times, I think they have got enough footage and personal experience with the Indian team to understand what they have to do," Chappell was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald. "I don't feel I have any sensitive information, and professionalism suggests there are certain things that are not available to the Australians. Anyway, there is nothing I know that they don't know," he added. Using his influential contacts in the RCA, Chappell has managed to secure a precious extra week's preparation for the Aussies after the Champions Trophy was cancelled. He also termed India as the 'mecca of cricket' and said, "The fact of the matter is this is the centre of the universe as far as cricket is concerned. "If you want to be involved in cricket, India is going to be a part of it. If it wasn't for India, cricket would be a very minor game, so let's embrace that and understand that and it will put everything into perspective." The former Australia Test skipper said although there were some bitter episodes, his tenure with the Indian team was one of his memorable experiences. "I've had the most wonderful experience in three years in India. Sure, there were parts of it that were turbulent, but we also had some very successful times. Much as Australia is going through a transition, India is going through a transition as well, and whenever you go through that there is pain," said Chappell.

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Ponting India's Test worry: Chappell FORMER Indian coach Greg Chappell has caused a stir on his return to India, but he says it will be nothing against the torrent of runs he expects from Ricky Ponting. More... Ponting India's Test worry: Chappell September 27, 2008 - 6:28PM Former Indian coach Greg Chappell has caused a stir on his return to the subcontinent with the Australian team, but he says it will be nothing against the torrent of runs he expects from Ricky Ponting in next month's Tests. Chappell, accused in the past of being unable to identify with players of lesser abilities than his own, can see in his batting peer the sort of steely attitude that usually results in runs. All Ponting must do, Chappell believes, is stay to true to the methods that have brought him handsome success everywhere else in the world. "I can see a steely glint in his eye and I always worry about that when I see good players that that means there's a few runs around the corner - If I was the Indian team and I wanted to worry about something I'd worry about that," Chappell said. "I can honestly say that I don't think there's very much wrong with Ricky Ponting at all. Ricky's got a great record all round the world, he's conscious of the fact his record here is not as good as elsewhere and he knows what he has to do. "Most of the interaction I've had with Ricky has not really been about his own batting, it's been more about the overall group and the overall planning. "The only discussion we've had about it is he initiated the comment that basically what he has to do is trust his method. "It works everywhere else, if he trusts his method and applies it here, I've no doubt he'll be successful. "There's probably been a few occasions in India where he's got away from that method and that's perhaps been part of the issue of performance in India." All of India has been fretting over the influence Chappell has had and will have on Australian readiness for the four-Test series, starting in Bangalore on October 9. The level of fuss has amused a man who became acutely aware of the level of attention available to Indian cricketers when he coached the national team to mixed results, ending his time with the disastrous 2007 World Cup campaign. "I've been amused by some of the discussion that's gone on," he said. "I'm flattered by the fact people think I can wave a magic wand and change things. "Success in cricket is about hard work and doing the basics well and, to be quite honest, that's my role with the Australian team, to focus on those areas, the sorts of things they need to do to have success in India. "I think people are overly nervous and concerned about something that might not happen." As for the tour, Chappell said he expected new stars to emerge from the Australian squad, much as they had done in past eras. "Historically through Australian cricket, whenever that opportunity has presented somebody has stepped up, and that's the hope for this series that there are a number of young players who will take this opportunity," he said. "Somebody I'm sure we haven't heard much about will finish this series and then be touted as a new star for Australian cricket."

[DomainK]

One more chappell thread. I am sick of Chappell. Let him go to hell.

[Dark Warrior]

One more chappell thread. I am sick of Chappell. Let him go to hell.

exactly!! :two_thumbs_up:

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Chappell predicts Ponting blitzkrieg Australia's assistant coach Greg Chappell feels that Anil Kumble's men should be wary of the Aussie captain's resolve to end his barren run in India. More... Chappell predicts Ponting blitzkrieg in Test series Press Trust Of India Melbourne, September 29, 2008 First Published: 11:40 IST(29/9/2008) Last Updated: 12:31 IST(29/9/2008) Ricky Ponting's barren run in India is all set to end in the upcoming four-Test series, asserts Australia's assistant coach Greg Chappell, who feels Anil Kumble's men should be wary of the Aussie captain's resolve. "I can see a steely glint in his eye and I always worry when I see that in good players because that means there are a few runs around the corner," Chappell, a former India coach, was quoted as saying by 'The Sydney Morning Herald'. "If I was the Indian team and I wanted to worry about something, I would worry about that. The only discussion we have had about it, in fact he (Ponting) was the one that initiated and made the comment that basically what he has to do is trust his method," he added. Ponting has more than 10,000 Test runs under his belt but has always struggled on the turning tracks of India, averaging little over 12 there. Even in the ongoing tour, the feisty right-hander has not made a very good start, scoring just five runs in a practice game in Jaipur against an attack that comprised Ranji-level bowlers. Chappell, however, foresees Ponting doing well in the Test series starting October 9 in Bangalore provided the Aussie skipper continues to believe in himself. "If he trusts his method and applies it here, I have no doubt that he will be successful. I think there have probably been a few occasions in India where he has got away from that method and that has perhaps been part of the issue when it comes to performance in India," he said.

[zubinpepsi]

Greg is doingas best as he can

[Ram]

Confident players need no endorsing from coaching staff. So, its good that Greg is talking up Ponting. But lets get one thing straight here. The last Ponting played a test against us, he scored a 100. So, he must be feeling quite good about his chances.