NEW DELHI, 29 May 2005 — India’s new cricket coach Greg Chappell has identified dashing opener Virender Sehwag as a potential captain even as he marked out a core group for the near future.
Chappell made the observations last week during his presentation to an elite panel that selected him as coach till the 2007 World Cup, The Hindu newspaper reported.
“With Sehwag expressing future captaincy aspirations, the learning process for future leadership roles needs to be viewed as critical,” Chappell is reported to have told the panel.
Chappell named skipper Saurav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sehwag, Venkatsai Laxman, Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh as the core group of the national team.
He also classified spinners Kumble and Harbhajan as match-winning bowlers.
“World class and complementary spinners, they have carried the workload admirably for a number of years,” said the former Australian captain.
