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Chappell's comments irk Ganguly, BCCI

March 02, 2006 12:32 IST

Peeved over Team India cricket coach Greg Chappell's "unwarranted remarks" on former skipper Sourav Ganguly, in an interview to a British paper, the Indian cricket Board may issue a warning to the Australian, asking him to desist making such controversial comments.

Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Niranjan Shah on Thursday said he would take up the matter with BCCI chief Sharad Pawar after which Chappell could be issued a formal warning.

"I will talk to BCCI president Sharad Pawar today and apprise him of what has happened. I got a call from Ganguly yesterday who complained over some unwarranted remarks made by Chappell on him. Chappell may be issued a warning," Shah said over phone from Rajkot.

Shah said Ganguly was especially annoyed by Chappell's comments he wanted to cling on to captaincy because of financial reasons.

"What had upset Ganguly most was Chappell's comments in the interview given to The Guardian newspaper that the Kolkata stalwart wanted to cling on to the India captaincy for financial reasons," Shah said.

In the interview, Chappell said he had advised Ganguly to step down as captain in his own interest "to give himself mind space to work on his batting so that it could be resurrected but he was not prepared to do that".

The former Australia captain also said, 'What I didn't realise at that stage was how utterly important to his life and finances being captain was.'

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Sub: Greg and Saurav

The whole issue is the making of Ganguly. Actually his miscalculation. By crying out "The coach wanted me to step down", he thought he will ...


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It is just that Sourav Ganguly is a bengalee, he has been thrown out of the team in such a manner. Had Sourav Ganguly been ...


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The comments made by Chappell was definitely unwarranted.This has done more harm to the nation than anything else. Some irresponsible BCCI members, does a simlpe ...


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Sub: Chappell's comments irks Ganguly

Greg Chappell might have been one of the best cricketers of his time, but sorry to say that man has no common sense. I think ...


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Sub: Chappel a devil in disguise

Ganguly does not require any proof of his wealth and position but Mr Chappel why have you flown all the way from Australia for a ...


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