2007 World Cup debacle

Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, all these names went to the Carribean islands to take part in the 2007 World Cup. One would have thought that India would go on to win the World Cup as they were the strongest team on paper.
However, to everyone's surprise, India were knocked out of the tournament after the first round as they lost to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The players were given a hostile welcome by the fans and had their houses pelted by stones.
One of the main reasons for the debacle is the coaching method of Greg Chappell as India went into the tournament with a new opening combination. Adding to this, there was no unity among the players which was very evident by the way they played in the tournament.
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