Fine Print of Chappell Email. Part 1. . Review on Greg Chappell

This Review is in Two Parts:

Part 1: You are already here.

Part 2: https://mouthshut.com/review/Should_Saurav_Ganguly_Be_Dropped_from_the _Indian_Cricket_Team?_Case_for_'Yes'-83676-1.html

“An infamous incident involving an underarm delivery occurred on February 1, 1981 when Australia were playing New Zealand in a One-day International, the third of five matches in the final of the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup. New Zealand required a six to tie the match from the final ball, with eight wickets down.

Source : Wikipedia.

The above mentioned incident would be known to every person under the sun who

call himself a cricket buff. When the first time I heard that Greg Chappell was

appointed the coach of the Indian team, this incident was the first thing that came

into mind, but I scarped it away thinking that Chappell would have changed years

from that incident and that he would be reluctant to fall into any more controversies,

least did I know that he would fall into something worse within the first few months

of his appointment as coach!

I had taken a self confessed leave without further notice from mouthshut.com to

write exclusively for my college magazine ‘PLEXUS’ of which I am on the editorial

board, but the Greg vs Saurav incident was something I just couldn’t resist ! This

review of mine is going to be different from the rest of the views you would read in

newspapers and television, this one if going to look at the fine print, analyze issues

and talk about things which the media companies are too afraid to talk about. I am

going to analyze the email from an angle no one has done before, so here goes…

THE INCIDENT- GREG vs SAURAV

If you haven’t heard the Greg Vs Saurav incident in the recent times either you have

shifted to some other planet or simply you are cut off from the rest of the world by

floods or hurricanes. But for benefit of those who came in late here is a short recap.

The Pandora’s Box opened when Saurav Ganguly in an interview with Harsha

Bhogle said that ‘people’ suggested to him to step down as captain just before the

match. He never mentioned the coach neither did the say it as if he really bothers

about what was said, he just said it with a straight face matter of factly ! The media

tore this statement apart and suggested that there is an out and out war between

the captain and the coach and that Greg asked Saurav to step down and give

youngsters a chance (especially Kaif).

After the incident the two gave a Pseudo patch up, kiss and makeup show for the

cameras by playing pool together showing that there had never been a problem

until the bomb really was dropped by something even worse. In the style of

American Papparazi the media somehow got hold of an email which Chappell had

sent to the BCCI. The email which was five page long and was typical Aussie style

created a havoc in the cricket world…. It is this Email by Chappell which I am going

to tear apart further and answer questions which may remain unanswered.

Q1. Who leaked the email ?

One part of the job of a coach is to give detailed information about the team and

the performances and critically analyze the players and send it as a full report to the

BCCI selectors and Board members. Every coach of every team of any sport has to

do a similar thing and so did Chappell. Unfortunately the private and confidential

email somehow got leaked into the press. Now there may been hundreds of emails

which previous coaches had sent to the BCCI but why and how this very email which has some really astonishing details get leaked ?

The regular theories are that some peon or third party not involved directly to the

incident leaked it. “It is quite possible. The Peon who used to photocopy the team

selection used to leak it to the Press when I was the captain”, says Wasim Akram.

Another theory which is slightly more radical is that the leak was a result of the on going power struggle within the BCCI’s administrators. The fact that this coach

captain controversy falls in the middle of BCCI’s political turnover can’t be a

coincidence ! The most unlikely theory which some stupid Journo of some stupid

news channel proposed is that Saurav Ganguly leaked it ! Why would someone dig his own grave ? One more possibility someone hacked the mailboxes, quite possible

isn’t it !

Om’s Theory : My theory which is even more radical is that the leak was made