The Chappel Effect

There was one point about the Veeru -Dravid partnership in Lahore, which has not got its due in after match analysis , cricket discussions, write -ups etc. Isn't it striking that Dravid & Veeru were on the cricket field for five continous days? This fact signals the rising fitness levels in the Indian cricket team and that is good for our team. I remmember having read a Chappel interview, where he said that the most important thing on his list was increasing the fitness levels of the team. Chappel & his gang have put effort and it shows. Mr, Kapil would do well to realize that Chappel was not appointed the coach just because he knows how to operate a laptop. Sometimes it helps to have a man from the other side of the fence, to broader our perspectives and our horizons of improvement. I wonder, if any Indian coach or a wannabe is as up to date with the latest fitness techniques or would have laid the same stress on fitness. A laptop is not a fancy instrument, and lets not use this as an arguement to darken the audience. A player and a voice of that authority as Kapil should realise that if the world is moving on a Ferrari, it does no good to us that we still ride on a Maruti 800, just because its produced in India.