India Not Long Term No 1: Ian Chappell

Chappells always have opinion on Indian Cricket. After famous coach saga of greg chappell , Ian chappel has spoken about Indian Cricket in his interview to cricketinfo.

Abstract of the interview is as follows :

"I don't think great teams are built on opening batting partnerships. But to me, there is a far more important thing, and this is one reason why I don't rate India as a long-term No.1,"

"When I look at the averages and the strike-rates for India in the last 12 months, I don't see two champion bowlers. In fact, I am struggling to find one champion bowler in that line-up.

"They've got some good bowlers. Sure, they have got a very good batting line-up, but the bowling is really not good enough to see them win consistently all around the world,"

"I would have thought it was a greater achievement if they had caught up with Australia, while Australia was still very much a great side, rather than waiting for Australia to come back to the field,"

"That to me has been the disappointing thing. It seems to me that the other teams have almost thrown their hands and said that 'it's hard to beat them, we will just wait for them to fall back and then we will catch them',"