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It’s either Ganguly or me: Chappell

AFP, New Delhi
India's cricket coach Greg Chappell believes SouravGanguly is nolonger fit to lead the side and has threatened to quit if the captain is not changed, a cricket board source told AFP on Friday.
Chappell, the former Australian captain and batting great who took charge of the Indian team in June, sent an e-mail to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) saying Ganguly did not deserve a place in the team cither, the source said.
"Chappell has told the BCCI that he will find it difficult to continue if Ganguly is retained as captain," said the source who has seen thce-mail from Zimbabwe.
"The coach believes Ganguly is not physically or mentally fit to lead and had lost the respect of the younger players in th c team."
BCCI president Ranbir Singh Mahendra confirmed he had received Chappell's mail, but declined to reveal its contents on tire pretext it was a confidential report.
Chappell’s missive came a day after India routed lowly Zimbabwe 2-0 to record their first Test series win outside the sub-continent since 1986when they bcatEngland.
The victory took Ganguly's record as India's most successful Test captain to 21 wins, seven more than second-placed Mohammad Azharuddin's tally of 14.
Both Chappell and Ganguly were flying back from Zimbabwe on Friday and were unavailable for comment.
Relations between Chappell and Ganguly soured ahead of the first Test against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo last week when it was revealed tire coach had asked tire captain to step down because of his poor batting form.
Ganguly responded by carving out a painstaking six-hour century against the weakest attack in cricket and then revealed the dressingroom discussion with the coach to the media.
Chappell issued a hand-written statement ahead of the second Test in Harare, saying his efforts to motivate Ganguly had been misinterpreted as a cal) for the batsman to stand down as captain.
"Itisdisappointingthatwhatwas a private discussion between the captain and myself has become a cause of public speculation," Chappell said.
"It was a frank discussion about Indian cricket, present and future, and much of what I said was aimed at motivatingSouravfor thcTcst.
"In that regard our exchange was beneficial."
Gangulys 101 at Bulawayo was’ his first international century since the 144 against Australia at Brisbane in November 2003.
Afterthe revelations, newspapers splashed staged pictures of Chappell and Ganguly playing pool in tire team hotel and greeting each other with a warm handshake before practice at the I lararc sports club.
Tire BCCI, which is holding its elections in Kolkata on Friday, has called for a meeting next Tuesday to , review tire Indian team's performance this season and the Chappell-Gangulyspat.
India lost two one-day finals against Sri Lanka and New Zealand over the last two months before blanking a weak Zimbabwe in the Test scries.
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India are scheduled play Test series against Sri Lanka, Pakistan, England and the West Indies, and a minimum of 33 one-dayers from October-end to July.