Ian Chappell

John Wright reflects on India's improbable 2001 Eden Gardens Test victory against Australia. He highlights the sensational partnership of VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid, and Harbhajan Singh's bowling heroics. The win injected immense self-belief into the team, paving the way for future overseas successes.

Australia batsman Steve Smith has termed former captain Ian Chappell's comments advocating protection of tailenders from short-pitched deliveries as "outlandish", saying short balls are a part of the game.

Former Aus captain Ian Chappell says he uses his commentary to drop subtle hints of wrongdoing whenever he suspects anything fishy during a match.

Former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad was known as much for his personality as he was for his extraordinary prowess with the bat. He and Sunil Gavaskar have led Pakistan and India respectively in a number of memorable encounters throughout the 1980's.

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has supported the ICC's proposed crackdown on the size of bats after the 2015 World Cup.

Former Australian captain Ian Chappell Thursday revealed he is battling skin cancer but the 75-year-old expects to be fit enough to commentate when the Ashes comes calling next month.

Cricket Australia should be mindful that T20 is the "easiest form of the game to corrupt" when it accepts private investment, feels former captain Ian Chappell.

The Indian vice-captain was in town on Saturday to shoot for ‘Ke Hobey Banglar Kotipoti’ with Sourav Ganguly

The ludicrous combination of better bats and smaller boundaries is reducing bowlers to virtual bowling machines, says the legendary Ian Chappell, calling on the guardians of the game to take corrective steps to maintain a balance between sports and entertainment in T20 cricket.

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell says some form of ball-tampering could be allowed in cricket, with saliva and sweat considered health risks due to the coronavirus crisis.

Ian Chappell feels Ricky Ponting should not share his captaincy tricks with Michael Clarke and should give him a free hand in making his own decisions.

Ian Chappell said the game cannot lose players of the calibre of Raina and Johny Bairstow, simple because they cannot handle "short balls' exam".

Contradicting Ian Chappell's statement, Dennis Lillee said there was no reason why India cannot sustain their numero uno Test status.

For the Australian cricketers, most current and former, India seems to have become a second home, thanks to the amount of time they spend in this part of the world.

Ian Chappell, former captain and brother of sacked selector Greg, launched a scathing attack on Cricket Australia for depending on a review to sort out the problems within the system.

Former Australian captain Ian Chappell feels India skipper Virat Kohli's penchant for playing copybook cricketing shots and his incredible fitness make him the world's best batsman across formats among the current generation of cricketers. "Of that group (including Steve Smith, Kane Williamson, Joe Root), Kohli is the best in all three forms," Chappell said.

Batsmen like Michael Clarke or the Ricky Ponting, may never be seen in Aus again if the "holes in the production line" are not addressed, says Ian Chappell.

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has proposed radical changes in the LBW laws, stating that a batsman should be given out leg before as long as the ball is hitting the stumps irrespective of the spot of its landing and impact.

Cricketing great Ian Chappell feels a sportsman "doesn't necessarily" need a crowd to be "spurred on" but he acknowledges the eeriness of empty stands at SCG where Australia thrashed New Zealand in Friday's ODI. "I'm one who believes you don't necessarily need a crowd to be spurred on as a sportsman; it's the thrill of a close contest that gets the juices flowing," Chappell said.

Former Australian captain Ian Chappell has slammed the ICC and the cricket Boards for their "weak leadership" while dealing with corruption in the game.

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell says Hardik Pandya has the potential to become the match-turning allrounder India have craved since the legendary Kapil Dev retired.

Ian Chappell has asked England to convince all-rounder Andrew Flintoff to come out of Test retirement if they desire to win the Ashes.

Batting legend Sir Viv Richards has been singed up by the Melbourne Stars as a mentor for the team during the second edition of the Big Bash League.

It is widely believed by many cricket followers that former Australian captain Ian Chappell knows everything about cricket and what he doesn't know is probably not worth knowing. And when he recently announced retirement from cricket commentary after 45 years behind the microphone (began doing commentary in 1977), it was widely felt that the game and its fans would be deprived of a vocal, sagacious expert.

Virtually backing the Indian position, former Australian captain Ian Chappell does not see anything wrong in the spin-friendly Nagpur pitch which saw India thrash South Africa inside three days in a recent Test.

Flagging concerns about cricket's future, former Australian captain Ian Chappell says the sport's administrators would do well to not add T10 to the smorgasbord of choices that they already offer.

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell labelled Pat Cummins as the most inspirational leader and he termed Joe Root the leader as "poor".

MUMBAI: Ian Chappell is a quintessential Australian. His dry humour, no-nonsense demeanour as a player, captain and a commentator have invited plenty of criticism. But he is respected as one of the leading thinkers of the game and a respected commentator world wide.

Former Australian captain Ian Chappell says India do not have the bowling strength to stay at the top of ICC's Test rankings on a long-term basis.

Australia legend Ian Chappell opined that the pitch in Nagpur was "by no means impossible to play on", and called it nothing more than a fairly typical first-day Indian red-soil wicket. Chappell added that the noise around the pitch was not unexpected, but asked Australia to stop thinking about pitches in India and just concentrate on their job.