Chappell’s High Risk Gamble
Friday, November 18th, 2005Sambit Bal: [Greg] Chappell’s high-risk approach to the problem he found himself facing in Sri Lanka and in Zimbabwe could turn out to be one of the most crucial, even seminal, points in Indian cricket. The six-page email he wrote to BCCI was brutal on Ganguly; more critically, it left Chappell with no escape route. He would have perhaps known that the mail would find its way to the public domain and it would force the board to act. It could have cost him his job. That he put his job on the line in order not to compromise his beliefs was a strong statement about his character.”
This is taken from the fascinating discussion on the future of West Indies cricket that I blogged about yesterday.
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