Australian legend, Greg Chappell during his stint with Rajasthan Cricket Academy (RCA) has told the Indian fast bowler, Deepak Chahar to quit cricket and look for some other job, revealed former India pacer, Venkatesh Prasad. The latter took to Twitter after the 28-year-old Chahar played a match-winning knock in the series-clinching second ODI win against Sri Lanka.
Chahar, a right-arm medium pacer, came out to bat at number eight and played a match-winning knock of 82-ball 69 not out to help India notch up a three-wicket win in the second ODI against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Venkatesh Prasad tweeted, “Deepak Chahar was rejected by Greg Chappell at RCA for his height and told to look at a different occupation. And he single handedly won a match with not even his primary skills.”
There are off-course exceptions but with such wonderful talent in India, it's time that teams and franchisees consider having Indian coaches and mentors as
much as possible.— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) July 21, 2021
Venkatesh Prasada, who played 33 Tests with 96 wickets between 1996 and 2001 further added, “Moral of the story – Believe in yourself and don’t take overseas coaches too seriously. There are off-course exceptions but with such wonderful talent in India, it’s time that teams and franchisees consider having Indian coaches and mentors as much as possible.”
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Greg Chappell was appointed Rajasthan Cricket Academy’s Director of Cricket by former IPL chief Lalit Modi after he resigned from the India coach’s position.
Chappell’s tenure as India’s head coach was tumultuous which lasted for a couple of years. Sachin Tendulkar in his book, ‘Playing it My Way’, had even called Greg Chappell a ringmaster who imposed his ideas on players without being concerned about whether they felt comfortable about them or not.
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However, before Greg Chappell, India wasn’t known for chasing the totals well. In a year after he arrived, they went on to win 17 successive matches, batting second. It was during his tenure that India won a Test series in the Caribbean after a huge gap of 25 years, in 2006. India also registered its first Test win in South Africa during Chappell’s time.
