Differences with coach Greg Chappell (2007)
For the first time an Indian coach went all out against Tendulkar, saying his attitude was a problem. It was the explosive Greg Chappell who lashed out against the master batsman in his report to the Board of Control for Cricket in India before the 2007 World Cup. Chappell also felt that Tendulkar would be more useful down the order.
Tendulkar then came down heavily on the Australian, saying he was disappointed and hurt by his attitude being questioned by the coach.
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The veteran batsman said no coach could ever suggest that his attitude towards cricket is incorrect.
However, the BCCI did not let the master batsman get away lightly. It issued him a notice, asking an explanation for his comments to the media.
"I am shattered beyond words and I feel helpless. I've never felt so bad in my entire career. World Cup was our passion, our collective dream. Tell me, even as the world goes on talking about our defeat at the World Cup, has anyone spared a thought to ask what we are going through?" he allegedly told a newspaper. However, a few days later, in a television interview he denied saying all that, insisting his comments against Chappell were mere rumours.
At the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies, India was knocked out in the group stages and Tendulkar took most of the blame after a poor series with the bat. Tendulkar, who was pushed to bat lower down the order by coach Chappell had scores of 7 (Bangladesh), 57 not out (Bermuda) and 0 (Sri Lanka).
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