On taking over a young but shaken Indian team
10 YEARS OF 2007 WORLD T20
Yuvraj's sixes made us believe we were in it to win it: Lalchand Rajput
"The England game brought us the momentum and we were also able to carry it forward." © Getty
In fact, I was doing so well with the India under-19 team. That was the year when the under-19 team toured different countries, we went to England, Pakistan, New Zealand.. so I was doing really well with the Under-19 boys.
I think after the Greg Chappell fiasco, I was looking forward (to getting a chance to handle the Indian team) and fortunately for me, I got an opportunity to coach the team in the Twenty20 World Cup.
It was a challenge by itself, because there were no senior players, it was a young-look team, the new players were there, new coach, new captain, plus some players who were looking to make a comeback into the team. So, it was a challenge for us, we had just exited the