Chappell to return to India as coach
Posted on Sep 17, 2007 at 15:28 | Updated Sep 17, 2007 at 19:47
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New Delhi: Greg Chappell will soon be back in India for a coaching job. The former Australian skipper has accepted the offer to be the chief coach of the Rajasthan Cricket Academy.
Rajasthan Cricket Association President Lalit Modi, who is also a Board of Control for Cricket in India Vice-President, confirmed that Chappell is joining the RCA as its chief coach to CNN-IBN.
Chappell will oversee the new cricket coaching facility in Jaipur for three years.
Chappell was India's coach for 18 months and had to resign after the team's poor show in the World Cup in the West Indies.
Ian Fraser, who was assistant coach of the Indian team under Chappell, will also join him at the RCA.
"The joining of Greg and Ian will take the Rajasthan Cricket Academy to the forefront of development of cricket not just in Rajasthan, but across India and the entire cricket-playing world," Modi said in a statement.
Chappell was quoted in the statement saying he was delighted to take up the assignment. To be involved with identifying and training the talent of the future in Rajasthan is a wonderful opportunity, he said.
According to Modi, the programme RCA has designed with Chappell and Frazer was quite different from all existing ones. We hope that the method we deploy will change the way we train our future cricketers.
Chappell and Frazer have co-authored The Making of Champions, a book based on extensive research into talent identification and training methods and are to introduce these methods in the academy.
"We look forward to introducing some of those methods to cricket in India with our work for Rajasthan Cricket Academy", Chappell said.
Chappell explained he and Frazer would introduce new techniques and methods as first class and international cricket is becoming demanding for players.
Training methods of the past will not be suitable for the player of the future who will need to be fitter, stronger and more resilient, more flexible. Training programmes of and for the future will have to reflect that, the ex-India coach said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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Posted By Manish Jaisinghani
Thats a think-move from RCA.... Welcome back Guru Greg.
Guru Greg\''s attitude towards youngster is awesome.... and youngsters are indian
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Posted By Josey
Common guys , dont be pure pests. He is a GREAT COACH , he became a failour not because he
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Posted By Josey
Because australians knows to say how to say to their non performing players to GO TO HELL, Its the indian
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Posted By Anil
Australia doesn\''t need Greg\''s services. Why then India?
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Posted By Josey
HOW smart RAVI and how stupid. WELCOME BACK GREG. WE NO IT WAS NOT YOUR FAULT.
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