Greg Chappell - The Coach
and the years spent under him are seen as the darkest period of Indian cricket.
& the start of that fall begun with the Sourav Ganguly Captaincy Controversy.
IN a matter of months
emails were sent
allegations were levied
and the captain was thrown out
in the political turmoil that followed
Dada kept on trying his hardest to get back into the Indian team
but Greg Chappell and the BCCI seemed adamant on keeping him out
barring him in spite of a good performance in Pakistan he was made to sit out
and then Pepsi that was caught up in pesticide controversy came up with an idea for an advertisement
after having success after success with campaigns like dil mange more and oye bubli Pepsi was counting on Dada to change there legacy.
even departing from there new icon Rahul Dravid in doing so
and after the ad aired...after the group stage exit n the DLF cup and champions cup 2006.... India was standing on the verge of a whitewash in South Africa
what followed was such public well of anger and disappointment that went onto give Dada a chance for comeback...and propelled him into the team to reconstruct his legacy
Dada who was given a new lease on life by one advertisement that he didn't want to do
refused to do - was forced to do
It went on to change his career, his future his legacy in Indian and world cricket.
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