5 Australian cricketers Indians love to hate

#1 Greg Chappell

Chappell had a well-publicised spat with Sourav Ganguly in 2005

Chappell will forever be remembered as the guy who sacked Sourav Ganguly, and willed the Calcuttan to go back to domestic cricket and make his famed comeback the very next year. Interestingly, it was Ganguly, the captain at that time, who suggested Chappell’s name to the selection panel for the coaching position.

Ganguly was mysteriously dropped from the team, irking fans who questioned Chappell’s unconventional methods of coaching. During an India-South Africa match at Kolkata in 2006, the crowd was filled with Ganguly supporters who booed the coach. Chappell was caught showing the middle-finger to protesters.

Chappell had said that Ganguly was “mentally and physically unfit” to lead the Indian team, and continued his tirade, even after losing ties with Indian cricket.