The hullabaloo surrounding the autobiography of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and his views on former coach Greg Chappell have stirred the cricketing pot that is usually laced with diplomatic homilies. Often ranked as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, the Bharat Ratna awardee Sachin Tendulkar has chosen to use his autobiography to lash out against a coach whose tenure was fraught with several moments of tension between him and the players, leading, ultimately, to the end of Saurav Ganguly’s Test career in 2008.

One of the dilemmas as an international sportsperson is to always walk the tightrope of maintaining silence and speaking out against something that he or she may think is wrong. Clearly, from Tendulkar’s writing, he felt Chappell’s man management skills were found wanting.