A tenuous calm has been reached between cricket captain Sourav Ganguly and coach Greg Chappell, just in time for the selectors board to reach a decision. As you may be aware, the recent feud between Ganguly and Chappel has cast doubt on whether or not the injured, underperforming Ganguly would return for his captain post.

While some are happy that the differences have been resolved, others draw attention to the unstable nature of the truce, the past misconducts of Ganguly, and the absurdity of the very need for such a truce.

…former board secretary Jaywant Lele termed the whole affair as a ‘drama’ and the outcome as an eyewash when contacted in his hometown, Vadodara.

“What compromise? Who are they (Chappell and Ganguly) to compromise. It’s the selectors’ job to choose the captain. Tell me, is Chappell a fool to write a six-page e-mail? And what has the board refuted from among the issues he raised except for the one concerning the fitness of Ganguly, that he is faking injuries. What about the other charges like he believes in the divide and rule policy in the team and other such issues. There’s no doubt if anyone needs to go it’s Ganguly,” he said.

“If my reading is right Chappell must have told the Review Committee in clear terms what needs to be done for him to stay on. If it doesn’t happen he will surely quit. And we would find it difficult to find another suitable candidate for the job,” said Lele.

(Update: Here is the full email!)

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 28th, 2005 at 4:24 pm and is filed under Cricket. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.