Chappell gets his script right

But the Banglorians — coach Chappell happens to be one of them — have been living under a leaking roof for the past week and this hasn’t dampened the coach’s spirit.

‘‘There is always the option of holding the nets indoors,’’ he said on the eve of the camp as players started trickling in. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina were among the first to check in. The late night flight from Mumbai will see the arrival of Sachin Tendulkar, Ajit Agarkar and physio John Gloster.

The World XI stars are expected to arrive tomorrow morning. Skipper Rahul Dravid would land here after a short visit to Nagpur, while vice-captain Virender Sehwag would come after a brief stopover in Delhi.

The focus will once again be on Tendulkar, who will be attending his first Chappell camp. His fragile elbow and equally brittle form will be two areas that the coach, trainer and physio will have to work on.

Besides, there are a few other areas that will be under scrutiny at this three-day camp: Sehwag’s one-day form, Gambhir’s graduation as an opener in the shorter version, Harbhajan’s missing spark and rediscovering the Dhoni of the Pakistan series.

But one thing that will be on top of Chappell’s agenda will be the youngsters in the side, especially the two pacers RP Singh and Sree Santh. They have the most difficult task of bowling on dead tracks at Pune, Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Baroda.