Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Greg chappel cries foul over racial abuse

Former Australian cricket captain Greg Chappell believes he was subjected to a racist attack while coaching India and that the authorities there tried to cover it up, reports said on Wednesday.

He makes the charge in a documentary about his troubled two-year stint as India coach which is to be shown on national television next week, The Australian newspaper reported.

Chappell said he was punched and pushed by a disgruntled fan as the Indian team arrived in Bhubaneswar in Orissa state for a One-day clash against the West Indies in January this year.

“I got hit on the side of the head and my immediate reaction was ‘he’s broken my jaw’,” Chappell said.

“Indians are very quick to complain about racism. There are plenty of Indian cricketers the guy could have attacked but he chose to attack me,” he said.

“I don’t really buy the fact that he was talking about the lack of Orissa players in the Indian team.

“If that was the case why didn’t he accost the chairman of selectors or someone else who might have been involved in the selection process?

“Why would he attack one of the foreigners in the group – me as coach? There’s a bit more to it than that.”
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Well well well........., It seems that former coach needs to be enlighten as what racism means, some angry going nuts isn't synonymous to racism, actually not even close.Cricket is religion in India and emotions do run high when our team isn't doing well .Chappel should be delighted as the way he completely f@#%* Indian cricket and sank them to the all time low he was let of unscathed.What took him so long to come out in the open.Someone should remind Mr. chappel what was he doing showing the middle finger to the fans in Kolkata.

I can't believe why on earth the fcuked up BCCI hired him again after all he has done

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