Chappel Slams India

[Zunaid]

ADELAIDE: In a vicious attack onIndian culture and Indian cricket team of which he was the coach, Greg Chappell has said that the side lacked leaders because parents, school teachers and coaches made all the decisions in the Indian system.


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"The (Indian) culture is very different, it's not a team culture. They lack leaders in the team because they are not trained to be leaders. From an early age, their parents make all the decisions, their schoolteachers make their decisions, their cricket coaches make the decisions," Chappell said.

Is it really vicious or is it the truth about what keeps us down? What I quote above is also valid in Bangladesh. Not sure if the Poms did it to us but:

"The Poms (British) taught them really well to keep their head down. For if someone was deemed to be responsible, they'd get punished. So the Indians have learned to avoid responsibility. So before taking responsibility for any decisions, they prefer not to," Chappell was quoted as saying during a promotional event for his book 'Fierce Focus'.

Avoiding responsibility is quite the norm in Bangladesh too. And, you must've noticed all our coaches who participated here had hinted one time or the other about the lack of accountability and responsibility and the preponderance of the excuse culture.

Not sure whether this belongs here or in Bangladesh cricket or in Forget Cricket.