Indian cricket's new coach Greg Chappell today gave a "commitment to excellence" and demanded the same from the players in their desire to succeed and move forward.
Chappell, who was appointed by the Board's six-member committee, termed his new job as "exciting and challenging" and said he would bring in his ownphilosophies and plans to take the Indian team further up the ladder.
"It is going to be exciting. There are going to be lot of challenges, a number of priority issues ... My job will be to maintain and improve the quality of the team," the 57-year old former Australian captain toldreporters.
"I give my commitment to excellence to Indian cricket on and off the field ... It will be a full time commitment, 24 hours, seven days a week," he said.
Chappell, a world class batsman of the 1970s and 80s with 7,110 runs from 87 Tests, said talent would not bring success to the Indian team.
"I have my own plans but if the 16 or 18 players don't find playing for India enough to get them motivated, then it will be hard on me and them as well," he said.
"There are certain things that are non-negotiable. Commitment, preparation, discipline fromthe players and myself, and then the talent."
Assessing the past and recent performances of Saurav Ganguly's men, Chappell said the team that reached a World Cup final must have it in them to be the champion side but sometimes mere desire was not enough.