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’It’s between coach & me’

AFP, Mumbai
Indian cricket captain Sourayl Ganguly said Saturday that a spai1 with coach Greg Chappell should slay between the two men and should not be allowed to drag down the team ahead of a busy international schedule.
The coach-captain spat worsened Friday when Chappell reportedly said in an e-mail sent to the Indian cricket board that he believed Ganguly was no longer fit to leadtheside.
Chappell, the former Australian Test captain and batting great who took charge oftlielndian team in June, was also said to have threatened to quit if the captain was not changed.
"I don't think the entire team should be dragged into this, ’ Ganguly said on the team's return from Zimbabwe where his side won 2-0 to post their first Tbst series win outside the sub-continent since 1986.
"It was some statement made by the coach," the Indian captain said. "It is between the coach and me and wehavetosortitout.
"I do not think the rest of the boys need to be pulled into this. For us, it
was important winning the two Tests and we won them convincingly."
Relations between Chappell and Ganguly soured ahead of the first ,'Test in Bulawayo when it was revealed the coach had asked the captain to step down because of his poorbattingform.
Ganguly responded by scoring a painstaking six-hour century against the weakest attack in cricket and then revealed the dressing-room discussion with the coach to the media.
The Indian captain declined to comment on the coach's e-mail, saying it was a "sensitive issue".
"I do not want to talk about this issue," hesaid.
"Yes, I am aware of it (die e-mail). 1 will talk to the board on the issue if theyaskme-ItisascnsitiveLssueatthe present moment and I do not want to sayanythingtostiritupagain."
The coach reportedly said in the e-mail he believed Ganguly was not "physically or mentally" fit to lead thcsidc.
"Chappell has told the Indian board that he will find it difficult to continue if Ganguly is retained as captain," a board source, who has seen the e-mail from Zimbabwe, told AFP on Friday.
"The coach believes Ganguly is not physically or mentally fit to lead
and had lost the respect of die younger players in the team." the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The board will discuss the row at a meetinghcre onHiesday.
Ganguly said it was important for the team to perform well in coming months and it did not matter who thccaptainorcoachwas.
1 l "fl,i? important that the team' does well regardless of whoever leads it or coaches it The team is more important than individuals," hesaid.
"We need to play good, hard cricket as we will be facing very good teams. We will be playing Sri Lanka at home, then tour Pakistan and play England at homebeforegolngto the West Indies.
"It is going to be tough and we need to get our act together."
Ganguly conceded his team had yet to find a formula for winning one-dayfinals.
"Tb be honest, we have not been able to find the solution of how to win the finals. We understand it is getting difficult after losing so many finalsinarow."
India have lost more than a dozen finals in recent years, including two this season against Sri Lanka in Colombo and New Zealand in Harare.