Dhoni is one of the sharpest cricket minds I have encountered: Greg Chappell
Cricket | January 26, 2022 16:08 ISTThe former India coach says Dhoni's decision-making skills set him apart from his great contemporaries.
The former India coach says Dhoni's decision-making skills set him apart from his great contemporaries.
The 28-year-old Chahar played a match-winning knock in the series-clinching second ODI win against Sri Lanka.
Raina was among the players who Chappell seemed to have trusted. He, in fact, made his ODI debut on Chappell's first series as in-charge.
Chappell's tenure as India's head coach between 2005 and 2007 was marked by a fractious relationship with many of the team's senior players, particularly Sourav Ganguly.
Chappell had an unsuccessful stint as Team India coach as his infamous spat with Ganguly saw the latter lose captaincy and spot in the team.
Chappell believes it is the robust domestic structure and efforts put in by BCCI which prepares its youngsters to take on the rigours of international cricket.
Chappell, in a column for an Australian newspaper, recalled the underarm bowling incident from 40 years ago to drive home his point.
Chappell writes in his column that both India and Australia are evenly matched but it's the Oz bowling attack that gives the hosts an edge.
Clearly mightily impressed by Dhoni's game, Chappell, who was India coach during the first two years of Dhoni's international career (2005-2007), also revealed that the wicket-keeper-batsman "exceeded" all his expectations and was "best Indian captain that I have seen".
Tendulkar, according to Pathan, had pitched the idea to then-captain Rahul Dravid before the first ODI between India and Sri Lanka in the 2005 series.
Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh recalled the 2007 ODI World Cup debacle, saying that no one was in the "right frame of mind" under Greg Chappell at the time.
ICC has banned the use of saliva on ball as an interim health safety measure in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
Former Australian cricketers Michael Hussey, Greg Chappell and Brad Hodge selected Australia's Test and T20I squad of both teams are likely to play on the same day.
Greg Chappell was coach of the Indian team for two controversy-riddled years between 2005 and 2007 in which he clashed with several senior members of the team, especially then-captain Sourav Ganguly.
In an online chat, Chappell talked about the hard work he had put in to make Dhoni one of the world's best finishers.
Chappell was coach of the Indian team for two controversy-riddled years between 2005 and 2007 in which he clashed with several senior members of the team, especially then-captain and current Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly.
Former India coach Chappel said he was left awestruck when he saw Dhoni batting for the first time.
Watson tweeted a video of Imran, Richards and Chappell - the greats of the 80s - having a conversation and reliving their good old days.
Former India coach Greg Chappell has praised Irfan Pathan, calling him 'courageous and selfless'.
Irfan Pathan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Saturday, thus, bringing an end to a career that never took off despite incredible promise.
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