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I actually think this appointment is as unremarkable as it is sound. Chappell has recently been appointed head of the Centre for Excellence in Brisbane. The current Australian Coach Tim Nielsen held this position before he became Head Coach of the Australian team. As such, Chappell and Nielsen are the two top Cricket coaches in Australia right now.
Given how important this series is, and given how so many Australian players have not toured India before, but have probably been to the Centre for Excellence, inviting Chappell to tour with the Australian team for this tour makes a lot of sense. Tim Nielsen toured with John Buchanan when Buchanan was coach.
This is the build-up though. It is true that the Australian press tries very hard to soften up visiting teams to Australia even before they take the field. This is something of an Australian tradition, which goes back at least 60 years if not more (Len Hutton and Colin Cowdrey have both written about Hutton's encounters with the Australian press when he led England to Australia for the 1954-55 Ashes).
If the Indian press wants to do the same, they ought pursue such an enterprise seriously. Editorials like this one from the Indian Express are neither here nor there.
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