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Chappell-rigid, inflexible coach, didn't know how to run team: VVS Laxman

Chappell's controversial stint with the Indian team ran from May 2005 to April 2007

VVS LAXMAN BOOK, BOOK 281 AND BEYOOND, BOOK, 281 AND BEYOND, VVS LAXMAN, LAXMAN
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Cricketer VVS Laxman's book 281 and beyond. (Photo: www.amazon.com)

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Greg Chappell was "rigid and inflexible" in his approach as a coach and did not know how to run an international team, former India batsman V V S Laxman has claimed in his book.
 
Laxman, in his recently launched autobiography '281 And Beyond', reveals that under the former Australian coach team India was divided into two or three factions and there was a serious trust deficit.
 
"The coach had his favourites, who were well looked after, while the others were left to fend for themselves. The team had disintegrated before our eyes," he writes.
 
"Greg's entire stint had been cause

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