Former India cricketer Robin Uthappa has spent the few years of the initial phase of his career with the Indian team having Greg Chappell as the head coach. After working with him, Uthappa got a fair amount of ideas about the things that went wrong in his coaching tenure.
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He accused Chappell of running an agenda and coaching with an Aussie mindset which didn't quite work out in India. According to Uthappa, Chappell never respected the Indian culture and had a bad habit of leaking information when things didn't work for him.
“He also had a bad habit of leaking information when things didn’t go according to his plans. That didn’t run well with the players. He leaked dressing room information,” he added.
"Greg Chappell was very good to me" - Robin Uthappa
"As a youngster, Greg Chappell was very good to me. I just entered the team. I was young, and he used to back youngsters. As a 20-year-old, a dream was to play for India, win for India, hopefully one World Cup I will win for India," Uthappa observed.
Uthappa also revealed that under Chappell, the concept of strength training was introduced which didn't quite work out well for the senior players as they were not used to it. Ultimately, Chappell's Australian way of working affected India's overall performance.
One of India's darkest days in cricket history
The team had a no. of senior players with Rahul Dravid as the captain. Chappell was credited with changing the batting order of the team and having Sachin Tendulkar to bat in the middle order instead of opening the innings.
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