Ian Chappell insults late Don Bradman over 1972 South Australian selection conflict

Former Australian captain Ian Chappell recently opened up about a feud he h with late Sir Don Brman in 1972. At time, Chappell was leing South Australia as captain in Sheffield Shield competition. dispute with Don Brman was in regards to selection matters ahe of 1972/73 Australian domestic home season.

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Don Brman a “vindictive little b*****d” – Ian Chappell

In an appearance on Time To Talk with Sean Sennett, Ian Chappell recalled a dispute he h with South Australia Cricket Association committee over signing of overseas batsman Younis Ahmed from Pakistan. Don Brman, who died in 2001 at of 92, was arguably most influential committee member at time. Ian Chappell said that he opposed idea of signing in Pakistani batsman for South Australia because he believed team could blood a young guy in 1972-73 season inste.

Ian Chappell also revealed an ultimatum he gave to Don Brman and rest of South Australian committee. At time, he said that he will t be playing for South Australia if Younis Ahmed was drafted into side. While Ian Chappell wanted to blood a young cricketer inste of Ahmed, he was also t a fan of Pakistani batsman. In interview, Chappell described Younis Ahmed as “world’s greatest p***k” and called Don Brman a “vindictive little b*****d”.

Eventually, South Australian captain went on to le his side in season which also included Ahmed as one of ir batsmen. However, import from Pakistan mand to score only 264 runs in entire summer with centuries. Ian Chappell also did t register a century but he led his side to a second-place finish in competition.

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Ian Chappell views on IPL 2020

Ian Chappell also spoke about prospects of w-postponed Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL 2020) season. He expressed his disappointment by saying that India cant always decide matters of world cricket and time has come for ors to stand up as well. His statements came on aftermath of reported contemplation of staging IPL 2020 during T20 World Cup window, should latter get shifted to 2021 by apex body. ditionally, Chappell also asked well-paid Australian players to t participate in IPL.

Several Australian cricketers like David Warner, Pat Cummins, Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell were slated to represent ir respective franchises. IPL 2020 was dubbed by many cricketing experts as an ideal preparation campaign for this year’s T20 World Cup in Australia.

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