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Indian cricket finally ready to excel - Greg Chappell believes in allocating clear-cut responsibilities to each player
Indian cricket finally is ready to allocate responsibilities to individual players. The only way this disjointed team can perform is to allocate individual responsibilities and measuring their performances against that. The team spirit will return once these players realize that they will be sacked if they do not perform.
Greg Chappell believes in allocating clear-cut responsibilities to each player. And Sachin Tendulkar, too, seems to be no exception in this regard. Even as Tendulkar is limping back to the world of active cricket from a long sick leave, the coach has already envisioned his role in what he hopes is the beginning of a new phase in the glittering career of the little master. "Sachin has a big role to play as a mentor now. It's high time he passes on his wisdom to the youngsters," he said. While he hoped Tendulkar would slip into the new role with ease, he seemed ready with a plan to rehabilitate Tendulkar, the batsman, into his best. "The best thing about him is that he has a lot of passion for the game. So, we just have to manage him on a day-to-day basis to ensure that he gives his best," he said, adding in the same breath that they would have to guard themselves against overdoing it. But just for now, Chappell appeared more than pleased to have Tendulkar back. "I have hardly spent any time with Tendulkar in the dressing room, but I can say his return will make a great difference to the team," he said. Interestingly, the coach also believes that his absence, too, proved quite beneficial to a few players. "His absence gave us the opportunity to try out fresh faces and presented the players with a challenge to stand up and deliver," the coach said. The Aussie said he was eagerly looking forward to the experience of coaching the Indian team in a home series. When asked if he would be able to shoulder the load of big expectations of the fans during the home series, the candid Aussie said he didn''''t know how he would handle it. But, he said, I am looking forward to the experience of coaching the Indian team in a home series. "We have a fair share of experience. My job is to get the team into proper frame of mind for the Sri Lanka and South Africa series," he said. The coach also had a word of encouragement for Mohammed Kaif, who is leading India Seniors after Sourav Ganguly pulled out of the tournament. "I am looking forward to how he handles it. He is a bit nervous, but he does have the experience of leading the sides. It would be a big opportunity as well as a challenge for him," said Chappell. He also looked quite firm on giving youngsters a chance at regular intervals. He said, resting important players from minor tournaments could be considered besides using rotational policy to groom the youngsters and make them ready to step in when key positions becomes vacant. "This is one lesson the Australians learnt two decades back when they had almost all their senior players quitting at the same time. It's much easier for a few youngsters to come into a team of experienced players than all of them coming in together," he said.
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