The Indian coach said Dhoni has a positive attitude and plays the game whole-heartedly.
The BCCI is likely to issue the team coach a warning, asking him to desist making controversial comments.
Head has dominated the batting chart with 409 runs in the first three Tests with two hundreds and a fifty, and former Australia captain Chappell believes his simplicity and aggression are behind his success as a Test batter.
"When a cricketing legend like him says good things about me, that definitely increases my motivation," he said.
The man was unhappy with Chappell because of non-inclusion of Orissa players in the Indian team.
The Indian coach also said that the boys need to be extremely good fielders if they are to survive in international cricket.
India's recent form notwithstanding, Chappell said West Indies could not be taken for granted.
A newspaper report said the Team India coach wanted Ajit Agarkar instead.
'You have to ask the BCCI and selectors; that's not something I can answer,' he said, when asked about the chances of Sourav Ganguly returing to the Indian team.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels that Greg Chappell's presence in the Australian dressing room trying to plot the downfall of Indian batsmen, won't be of much benefit to the home team.
Former India coach Greg Chappell has ignited a fresh controversy in his newly-released book on Rahul Dravid, saying had the retired batting great received the same support that he gave other captains, he would have been the country's most successful skipper.
The India coach said the team did not have enough time to adjust to the South African conditions.
On a television chat show, the former India coach spoke of the issues he had with Indian players, launching a veiled attack on former captain Sourav Ganguly.
India's coach said it is important to put up a good performance in Wednesday's match rather than think about the Aussies, who are up next.
Having succeeded Mahendra Singh Dhoni as India's Test captain, "King Kohli" overhauled India's approach to turn the team into a ruthless juggernaut that did not rely anymore on designer dustbowls to win Test matches.
Brian Lara said the sly remark by Greg Chappell that his side had forgotten how to win acted as a catalyst for them
In a major revamp of Australian cricket following a year of debacles, chief selector Andrew Hilditch, selection panel member Greg Chappell, who reportedly drove everyone 'mad' in the national team, and coach Tim Nielsen were sacked on Friday. The overhaul came about after Cricket Australia's board accepted recommendations from the Don Argus review into the team's performance following their Ashes debacle last summer.
The former India coach has alleged an attempted cover-up by the BCCI after he was 'racially abused' at an airport in Orissa.
India coach Greg Chappell is eager to see his team get down to business
Former Indian cricketers said the spat needed to be sorted out immediately for the sake of Indian cricket.
India's Australian coach said frequent negative comments are not helping the team.
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BCCI sources said while skipper Sourav Ganguly favours Chappell, vice-captain Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble prefer Moody for the India coach's job.
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting is likely to be the primary target of the tough calls that Cricket Australia's first full-time selector Greg Chappell is poised to make.
World champions India's success is, to an extent, a result of the initiatives taken by their former coach Greg Chappell during his controversy-marred two-year stint with the team, feels outgoing Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss.
The ICC has warned Greg Chappell to refrain from making any comments on the bowling action of Shoaib Akhtar
The Indian coach was reported by an Indian television channel as saying that there is "something seriously different" about Shoaib's action.
Former India coach Greg Chappell has slammed the ICC for postponing the proposed Test Championship from 2013 to 2015, saying the decision is a "shame" as the event needs to be held as soon as possible to save the longer format of the game.
His post garnered plenty of replies, some asking if Dada's tweet suggested he didn't approve of Gambhir as head coach.
They will be called to the meeting separately to prevent any more direct confrontation, BCCI joint secretary Gautam Dasgupta said.
The news of Sachin's withdrawal from the present tour has disappointed Greg Chappell no end.
The BCCI, however, said there was no proposal for a bowling coach as that would lead to dual authority
Former India coach Greg Chappell has always acknowleged that Sourav Ganguly's support was one of the reasons he got the coach's job in 2005 but Sunil Gavaskar has sought to put the record straight by saying that it is a 'misconception'.
The India coach wants his team to adopt a flexible approach since their roles could change depending on the game and their opposition.
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