India is producing gold in form of young cricketers, says Ian Chappell

Chappell wants Australia to learn from India

Ian Chappell urges Australia to learn lessons from India for on how to nurture talent and focus on youth. He praised India for replacing five iconic batsmen in a short period.

Famous for identifying great talents in the past, Australia didn't impress Chappell's mind as he went on to praise India for replacing its great players without compromising any quality.

"Australia was once a leading proponent of the "pick 'em young and watch 'em flourish," philosophy. That's no longer the case and the ancient arrivals in Marcus North, Ed Cowan, Rob Quiney, George Bailey, Chris Rogers, Alex Doolan and now (Adam) Voges, is evidence the system is, if not broken, at least in need of serious attention," wrote Chappell in a column for Mid-Day.com.

"The last batsman selected for Australia in his early 20s was Steve Smith, but he made his debut as a leg-spinner."

Chappell has given thought to the whole of Australia's current playing XI. He thinks the standard of how India is producing young players is gold. The Kangaroos yesterday clinched a series win against the West Indies side by 2-0.

"Presently, no other team but India could've replaced (Sachin) Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag and Sourav Ganguly in such a short space of time and still retained a prolific batting line-up," he says. "The Indian production line of young batsmen is the gold standard in cricket."

He added saying that Adam Voges, who debuted at the age of 35 is gem, but he won't be able to stay long there.

"The best teams are usually a combination of experienced and youthful cricketers. Australia needs to look at a more flexible system of producing and grooming young batsmen because it requires many good ones playing at first-class level to provide a few of international standard."