What Australian cricket can learn from India
In the Hindu, Greg Chappell shares insights on the youth cricket structure in India and Australia
11-Jul-2013
The India Under-19 team's unbeaten performance in the current tri-series in Australia has, according to Greg Chappell, exposed the gulf in skills between India, Australia and New Zealand. In his column for the Hindu, Chappell draws up the differences between the two youth-cricket systems.
Simply put, young cricketers in India play more cricket than their antipodean peers. At the youth level, India is years ahead of countries like Australia and New Zealand because they play so much more cricket. Also, young athletes in Australasia have multiple sports vying aggressively for their participation and involvement.