Sourav Ganguly (L) and VVS Laxman have been ruthless in their criticism of Greg Chappell.
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Former India batsman VVS Laxman hit out at Greg Chappell and said the former coach had taken Indian cricket backwards in his two-year tenure from 2005.
"Chappell took Indian cricket backwards," Laxman told NDTV in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.
Laxman, reacting to a series of startling allegations Sachin Tendulkar made in his autobiography Playing it my Way , confirmed a lot of what the Master Blaster had to say.
Tendulkar had mentioned that Chappell had threatened Laxman his career would be over after he refused to open in a Test match in India. (Tendulkar Claims Untrue, Says Chappell )
"This happened in 2006 at the Wankhede Stadium when India were playing England. Yuvraj Singh was picked ahead of me and five bowlers were fielded. We were going to the West Indies for a four-Test series after that and he asked me if I would open.
"I mentioned that back in 2000, I had decided I would not open anymore after it didn't work for me in the first four years. I was consistent in the middle-order. Chappell asked me my age and said - Don't you think 31 is too young an age to sit at home? I had a very good run under him. I was the second highest run-scorer under him," Laxman said.
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