So much has happened in such a short time. Every hour we wait, we see more skeletons tumble out of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) cupboard and everywhere else. Starting from the latest announcement of a rival Indian cricket league by a television channel (the Board, of course, says it had no information about it at all), to the outburst from Sachin Tendulkar, and culminating in the abrupt resignation of Greg Chappell as coach of Team India, it pushed the dreary, dragging World Cup in the West Indies completely out of Indian minds.

Had it not been for Sachin’s strongly-worded emotional outburst — and rightly so — perhaps the resignation of Greg Chappell might have been delayed and embarrassed the Board officials further when they sit for the crucial meeting on Friday.

Now this urgent meeting appears to be a family get-together, with everyone knowing the problems, and the solutions too, if properly implemented.

What happened that is making such a highly talented Indian team go through hell? The team has gone backwards for sure. There appears to be a complete divide between the seniors and the juniors. Who could be the root cause for such a debacle? Is it the flaw of the system or any individual?

To some extent, it could be Greg Chappell, who started the drama when he succeeded in ousting Ganguly a year back for a while. Since then, he has possibly been rubbing the seniors up the wrong way, by declaring his liking for the younger breed without any experience.

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