The coach hoped the arrival of Laxman and Ganguly would help turn around the fortunes of the team in the Test series.
CENTURION: Coach Greg Chappell left it to the players to find a way out of the current crisis they found themselves in and hoped the arrival of VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly would help turn around the fortunes of the Indian cricket team in the Test series against South Africa.
"The remedy has got to come from within the players. They have got to find a way to come to grips with the conditions. No one else can do it for them," said a somber Chappell after his side was pummeled to a nine-wicket submission by the hosts at the Centurion Park here.
"Teams go through these sorts of phases. When the confidence is down, it's hard to play with confidence. We are not playing with a great deal of it at the moment, and we need to find some."
Chappell has had a reputation as one of the finest batting consultant but the team's batting on this tour has been pathetic to say the least.
"It's disappointing, there's nothing more I can say. There's no finger point to put on it, we are not batting well enough," he said.
"We haven't come to grips with the conditions. Nothing more, nothing less."
The former Australian captain said his team wanted to bat as well as they could but 200 runs under the conditions wasn't good enough.
"We set out to bat as well as we could, make sure we batted 50 overs but obviously 200 runs wasn't enough under the conditions," said Chappell
He hoped the presence of Ganguly and Laxman would make a difference in the Test series.
"We would hope so. They are experienced players and we are hoping they will make a difference."
Chappell had run out of any messages for the Indian cricket fans though he hoped they would back his lads as much as they can.
"I can't keep giving messages to the Indian cricket fans. They just have to support the team as much as they can."
Chappell hoped the injury to Sachin Tendulkar is nothing more than a bruised arm though he adopted a wait-and-see approach.
"It's hard to tell at this stage. I think it's just a bruised arm. We will have to wait and see how he pulls up over the next few days."
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