PTI

Nagpur, Mar 1: In a candid disclosure, India's coach Greg Chappell has said he owed his current job to Sourav Ganguly whom he had advised to step down as skipper with the intention of saving his career.

Giving his version of the infamous spat with the former Indian captain, Chappell said his advice was given in good faith but the entire issue was blown out of proportion by the media.

"Much has been written and said, a lot of it misleading, but in essence I told Sourav that if he wanted to save his career he should consider giving up the captaincy," Chappell was quoted as saying in 'The Guardian'.

"He was just hanging in there. Modest innings were draining him. He had no energy to give to the team, which was helping neither him nor us. It was in his own interest to give himself mind space to work on his batting so that it could be resurrected. He was not prepared to do that.

"What I didn't realize at that stage was how utterly important to his life and finances being captain was," he said.

Chappell said the fact that he had helped Ganguly with his batting might have prompted him to think that he would have his way with the Australian.