Sachin Tendulkar's Revelations In His Autobiography: The Other Side Of The Story

Tendulkar's quote of Chappell is pretty juicy, befitting two bhais of Mumbai discussing the area of their jurisdiction.

Tendulkar, in his autobiography Playing It My Way, quoted Chappell as saying that he would "help me in taking over the reins of the side" from Rahul Dravid and that "together, we could control Indian cricket for years."

Tendulkar poured out his angst against Chappell, the national coach from 2005-2007, calling him a "ringmaster who imposed his ideas on the players without showing any signs of being concerned about whether they felt comfortable or not".

The principal actors of that time predictably reacted and some of the seniors who felt that Chappell was out to finish their careers were vicious.

Saurav Ganguly, who nurses a grouse that Chappell got him sacked as captain and then out of the team, sensationally revealed that the Australian took Dravid into confidence in making his manoeuvres. Ganguly should also find out why the then strongman of Indian cricket Jagmohan Dalmiya could not save his captaincy.

There is an element of contradiction here. If Dravid was so close to Chappell, how could he be dumped and Tendulkar brought back as captain? It doesn't gel. Dravid took the easy way out, diplomatically saying that he was not "privy to any private conversation between two individuals".

Dravid says that he had not heard of such a serious move behind his back, and he would not like to comment, adding for good measure that seven years have passed since the 2007 World Cup and that it did not affect him.

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