Dravid dismisses reports of rift in team
Posted on May 09, 2007 at 15:26 | Updated May 09, 2007 at 18:03
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Dhaka: Indian skipper Rahul Dravid on Wednesday said he had received full support from Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly during the World Cup, dismissing reports that the two players had undermined his leadership.
"To be honest with you, I felt I had as much support as I needed. I was very happy with the team that I had and the support that I had. Other than that I really don't know what it is and what it is all about," Dravid told newspersons on the eve of India's first ODI against Bangladesh.
In a television sting operation, four of the five national selectors were caught claiming that Tendulkar and Ganguly did not cooperate with Dravid in the World Cup and were dropped from the Bangladesh tour for that reason.
However, refusing to attach much importance to the sting operation, Dravid said, "I am not going to react on these sting operations or any of this stuff."
When mentioned that the quotes were attributed to a national selector, the Karnataka batsman said, "I haven't seen anything and I cannot comment on everything that somebody says."
In the expose, four national selectors - Bhupinder Singh Sr., Ranjib Biswal, Venkatapathy Raju and Sanjay Jagdale - had also claimed that ex-coach Greg Chappell followed a divide and rule policy and had largely blamed him for India's World Cup debacle.
One of them had also claimed that Chappell did not talk to senior players like Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh for days on the tour of South Africa last year.
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Posted By sagarkotapuram
Both Sachin and Ganguly didn\''t rise up to the occassion, today\''s cricket needs performance and not glory of the past.
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Posted By Arindam
Idiots punched the favourite punching bag (Sourav Ganguly) again. I
wonder what people will do when Sourav will not be there.
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Posted By R.K.Datta
People who can write such stuff are needed in BCCI. But what happens when Captain and Coach had Agenda? Read
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Posted By Ratan.K .Datta
You are right. But the realization has come among Indian little too late when Chappell and Dravid has desroyed every
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Posted By Vidyadhar Akkaraju
It is becoming increasingly clear that Mr. Greg Chappell is and was never a good coach. His previous stints at
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