On whether he feels vindicated, now that Chappell’s days are over.
No one wants to be vindicated like this. I’d rather have been proved wrong with Team India doing well at the World Cup. It’s not as if I have a personal grouse against Greg or against his vision for Indian cricket...I was just unsure about the approach he used to implement his vision for India.
On why he thought Greg’s approach would not work:
You have to be patient when you are attempting to change a system. You can’t just say it’ll work if you are given a fresh lot of junior players.
On if his worst fears coming true:
Nobody took me seriously when I said in November ’05 that Greg was targeting...
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