Dravid could not control Greg: Dada

New Delhi, Nov. 3: Sourav Ganguly on Monday disclosed that Rahul Dravid was aware of what Greg Chappell was up to during his stint as India coach but he “could not control” the Australian.

Ganguly’s comments came after excerpts from Sachin’s autobiography revealed that Chappell had made a suggestion to Tendulkar to take over captaincy from Dravid.

“I really don’t want to go back to that period, you have seen it in the results. (It was) one of worst phases of Indian cricket and worst phase a cricketer can go through, especially someone like me. There were lies after lies and six months later he wanted Rahul removed and Sachin as captain. This goes on to show how the man went about his job,” said Ganguly.

“I was not surprised to see India not qualifying for the next round (in 2007 World Cup). When I came back to the team, I had spoken to Dravid about that much later and told him that these were the things going on. He said he knew it all but ‘couldn’t control Greg’,” Ganguly disclosed.

Asked to throw some light on Tendulkar claiming in his book that Chappell once told him ‘I have got the job because of Sourav but that did not mean he was going to do favours to Sourav for the rest of his life’, Ganguly asked, “Is it?”

He said Chappell was someone who could not be trusted. “It goes to show his thoughts, goes to show what damage he has done to Indian cricket.”

Meanwhile, Dravid told Cricinfo: “I had no idea about the conversation. I haven’t heard about it before. It’s been a long time since the (2007) World Cup, so it’s not something that disappoints me.” — PTI