The Tiff Between Virat Kohli And Anil Kumble Is The 7th Instance Of Captain-Coach Clash Since 1990 In Indian Cricket

India have had a troubled history with coaches from Bishen Singh Bedi to Sandeep Patil to Madan Lal to Greg Chappell. TOI lists the instances when captains and coaches have had issues getting along

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Bishan Singh Bedi: 1990

He was the manager/coach of the Indian team in New Zealand in 1990 and also took the team to England.

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After India's 18-run loss to Australia in a Tri-series match at Christchurch, which the team lost from a winning position while chasing 187, he thundered, "The entire team should be dumped into the Pacific". That comment burned all the bridges with the players and he was replaced by Ashok Mankad.

Abbas Ali Baig: 1991

After a shambolic tour of Australia in 1991/92 where India lost four of the five Tests and failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the 1992 World Cup, there were bound to be scapegoats. Abbas Ali Baig, the manager, was the fall guy for the disaster. There were unconfirmed reports of how skipper Mohd Azharuddin was not happy with the lack of technical inputs given for his sudden slump. Sanjay Manjrekar, one of the key players at No. 3 also endured a lean patch and could not arrest the slide. Baig was replaced by Ajit Wadekar.

Sandeep Patil: 1996

He was the assistant manager to Ajit Wadekar right through the 1996 World Cup campaign. He was coach of the team in England when the infamous Navjot Sidhu and Mohd Azharuddfin rift happened which prompted Sidhu to abandon the tour and come back to India.

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Things though really deteriorated under Sachin Tendulkar's captaincy during a quadrangular series in Sri Lanka featuring India, Australia and Zimbabwe. At the SSC, India were playing Australia in a 45-overs-a-side game due to rain, the Aussies were behind the over-rate and on a tricky pitch, India, who were nine down, needed to bat the overs out to ensure Australia get less overs to bat.

However, Anil Kumble slogged one in the air off Mark Waugh and was caught by Steve Waugh. The dismissal censed Patil and he lashed out at Kumble. It did not go down well with Tendulkar and the other seniors and after India lost to Pakistan in the Sahara cup in Toronto, Patil was sacked.

Madan Lal: 1996-97

He struck a winning partnership with captain Tendulkar winning the one-off Test against Australia and the Tri-series that followed where South Africa were the third side. Trouble though began in the second Test of the three-match series against South Africa at the Eden Gardens.

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Azharuddin was struck on the elbow by a bouncer off Brian McMillan at the fag end of Day Two and retired hurt. It angered Madan Lal and he alleged that Azhar was shying away from batting against the quicks. On Day 3, he walked in and scored 109 off just 77 balls and even gestured to the dressing room. India toured South Africa soon and were bull dozed 2-0 in the Tests. In the West Indies, the team lost Tests and ODIs from winning positions. After losses in the Asia Cup and the Lanka ODI series, the team trounced Pakistan 4-1 in Toronto to win the Sahara Cup. That though didn't stop the players from telling the BCCI that they had had enough of Dil Se Khelo and Jaan Laga Ke Khelo instead of technical inputs.

Kapil Dev 1999-2000

Teaming up with Sachin Tendulkar in his second stint as captain didn't turn out to be a joyous experience. India started well beating New Zealand in the Tests and ODIs at home, but were trounced 3-0 by the Aussies in Tests Down Under and they even lost seven of the eight games in the Tri-series.

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A 2-0 loss in Tests to South Africa at home followed prompting Tendulkar to relinquish captaincy for good. After beating South Africa 3-2 in ODIs under new skipper Sourav Ganguly, the match-fixing episode surfaced and Kapil Dev stepped down after being named by Manoj Prabhakar in a sting operation. Reports say the players were not very happy with Kapil's style of coaching.

Greg Chappell: 2005-2007

The hard-nosed Aussie took charge of India with a lot of fanfare and expectations after John Wright on the recommendation of Sourav Ganguly. Chappell was uncompromising on fitness and work ethic and on the tour to Zimbabwe, he suggested to Ganguly that he give up captaincy and focus on his batting as he had not scored a Test hundred for two years and he should bench himself for the Bulawayo Test.

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It angered Ganguly and he threatened to quit the tour. Chappell then sent an e-mail to the BCCI saying Ganguly is unfit to lead the team and suffers imaginary injuries. It triggered a major row and the southpaw lost his captaincy to Dravid. During his reign, Chappell was firm on creating a fitness culture and he wanted to push seniors out of their comfort zones.

He also fell out with players like Yuvraj, Laxman, Harbhajan and Tendulkar. India's disastrous WC 2007 campaign and a public fall out with Tendulkar over his batting position, saw him quit.