Former Indian coach and Australian great Greg Chappell, in his new book 'Fierce Focus' claimed that cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar was mentally fragile at a certain stage of his unremarkable career. Greg even said that the batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has occasionally been mentally fragile (week or delicate) and was overwhelmed with ‘self-doubt’ at a certain stage of his career.
The Indian great of modern era, who is closing to score his 100th ton in cricket, he is idol for many fans of cricket who worship Sachin as a god of cricket. But the Australian legend has revealed other side of Sachin saying that he has doubts on his own ability at one point of stage ahead of India's four-Test tour of Australia this summer, is the former Australia already started the mind games with the Indian great?
Greg Chappell had a controversial 3-year period with Team India as a coach from 2005-2007, where he expelled Ganguly from Captaincy and then later from team too. Chappell claims that Tendulkar’s mental state had been ‘surprisingly fragile’ in 2006. He explained that Sachin has talked with him for about two hours when he was working with the team, and Sachin spoken that he was frustrated with his form and racked with self-doubt. Greg was referring to period when was struggling with form and also having surgery for tennis elbow.
Chappell went on to say that Sachin metal state was surprising to one of the great batsmen of cricket in that kind of frame was really sad! Chappell went on to say that the impractical weight of expectation carried by Sachin Tendulkar has had to bear throughout his career could have also affected him at the time, Sachin has asked him for help. He even insisted that Sir Don Bradman also carried the expectations of the nation like Sachin, who is carrying entire India’s expectations whenever he used to bat for India since 1989.
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