bendre it is not just the board.Even the manager clearly stated that chappel's accusitions are not true.Ganguly showed them proof.
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From
http://www.telegraphindia.com/section/sports
Chappell, it may be recalled, took Sourav apart in an e-mail (which, obviously, was supposed to be confidential) to Mahendra.
The captain hit back as hard, if not harder, in his rebuttal which was placed before the six-member review panel.
The panel, comprising three officials Jagmohan Dalmiya, Mahendra and S.K. Nair and as many former captains (Srinivas Venkatraghavan, Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri) met for over four hours at the Taj Mahal hotel.
Chappell was called first and his interaction lasted over an hour. Next, manager Amitabh Choudhary was questioned for around 25 minutes. Sourav, too, spent over an hour in the room overlooking the Gateway of India.
Once the depositions were over, the panel met on its own and proposed a patch-up. Chappell again got called first; Sourav came later.
In the first round itself, Sourav was asked whether he had reservations over working with Chappell. Apparently, he asked for his name to be cleared. That done, he wouldnt have a problem.
Chappells view couldnt be ascertained.
The joint meeting lasted about 20 minutes. Sourav and Chappell shook hands, but given the tone of their allegations, nobody suggested they pose for photographs. Just as well as a repeat of Harare, when both even played pool for the benefit of lensmen, would have been nauseating.
Choudhary, whod rejected a couple of Chappells allegations on the very day he returned (Sunday), again spoke up for Sourav on the issue of dividing the team and skipping training sessions.
Most of the questions from the panel, it seems, were fired by Shastri who isnt known to be favourably disposed towards Sourav.
Gavaskar, as expected, backed the captain. As for Venkat, his stand wasnt clear.
The officials, of course, had one agenda: encourage the captain and coach to come together and end the negative publicity bleeding Indian cricket.
Its fingers crossed now.
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From
http://www.mumbaimirror.com
Dadas six-page reply to BCCI rips apart Chappells accusations
First came the e-mail. Now, here's the rebuttal.
In a damning reply to Greg Chappell's leaked mail, captain Sourav Ganguly reportedly told the review committee how the coach had purposely misrepresented facts to make him look bad.
Ganguly, in a six-page report, said
Chappell was trying to be "boss" of the team and gave numerous incidents describing his "controlling nature". Details of the note that saved Ganguly, tilting the Review Committee against the coach, were revealed to Mumbai Mirror by a BCCI source.
The report clearly shows that there is definitely no truce between the two. The board has managed to buy time but this is sure to escalate in a big crisis in the near future.
Ganguly told the committee that Chappell tried to undermine his authority right through the Zimbabwe series and even
went out to toss with the opposing captain without Ganguly's knowledge during a warm-up game while the team was practising in the nets.
In his note, Ganguly called it a "huge humiliation for any captain". But, he wrote, he let the incident pass as a joke because he did not want to make a scene and create an "unhealthy dressing-room environment".
In his e-mail, Chappell had denied directly telling Ganguly that he should quit. But the skipper told the committee that Chappell had come to him on the eve of the first test and
categorically asked him to step down as captain and "go back home to play domestic cricket".
He said
Rahul Dravid explained to Chappell that his suggestion could have huge repercussions in India since Ganguly had been appointed captain for the whole tour by the selectors, and the coach was in no position to tell the captain to sit out. Chappell then "pleaded sorry that his timing was wrong".
Chappell had alleged in his mail that Ganguly was destroying the morale of the side by changing the team repeatedly on the morning of the match. But the skipper pointed out that
they played the same 11 for almost the series, and only discussed some minor changes.
Accusing Chappell of misrepreseting facts to prove he had faked a tennis elbow in the warm-up game, Ganguly explained the exact nature of his injury and said
he couldn't get scans done because there was no facility in Mutare or Bulawayo.
Both physiotherapist John Gloster and manager Amitabh Choudhary supported Ganguly on this. Even Ranbir Mahendra, when he addressed the media, called Chappell's injury allegation "far from the truth". Ganguly also submitted trainer Greg King's fitness report, which shows he had actually completed more training sessions than he had been prescribed.
He vehemently fought the charge that he used a policy of "divide and rule".
Ganguly stressed on how the Team India concept had emerged under his leadership and gave incidents of how he had backed players, even fought for them with the selectors on occasion. Secretary Karunakaran Nair, who sits in on selection meetings, backed Ganguly on this.
Ganguly also rubbished Chappell's claim that he was scared of the new ball, telling the committee
how he had asked Rahul Dravid to retire in the Mutare warm-up match, where things really started going sour between captain and coach, so that he could face the new ball on the second morning. "If you like, you can check with Rahul," Ganguly wrote in his report.
A war is well and truly on. One of the two will definitely go in the next few months. If Ganguly gets his form back, Chappell could be looking at an early exit. Or vice versa for the skipper if he fails to score.
As per BCCI directions, both the coach and captain were unavailable to comment on the contents of the report and what went on in the meeting.
Sources say this is what Ganguly told the panel
Chappell wants to be boss of the team
He himself sleeps in the dressing-room, but expects total commitment from the team
He says one thing to your face and another behind your back
He did ask me to step down on the eve of the first Test
He passed a statement on my elbow injury without full knowledge
He only talks of selection, and not strategy, in team meetings
Players are scared to tell him their problems, because he uses that against them
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Deep and others do you have anything to say about this?All of you are trusting Greg only because you want an excuse to be able to hate Ganguly.This is because of his recent form.But keep his recent form away and let us review the role of this HIGHLY PAID AND QUALIFIED COACH!
Greg Chapple is definitely doing this for power.According to The Telegraph Chappel used to spend most of the time in team meatings discussing about team selection rather than tactics.What right has he got to ask Ganguly to step down?He has been prooved a lier.Ganguly took 20 training sessions, i.e. he took two extra sessions.Ganguly has always been known as a hardworker.
I really think Chappel should have been sacked.
