Cika wannan jumla:
Kocin tawagar Indiya Greg Chappell ya soki halin Tendulkar a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2007. Chappell ya ji cewa Tendulkar zai fi amfani da tsari, yayin da na biyun ya ji cewa zai fi kyau ya buɗe innings, rawar da ya taka a yawancin aikinsa. Chappell ya kuma yi imanin cewa rashin nasarar Tendulkar ya ci gaba da cutar da damar kungiyar. A cikin wani abin mamaki na nuna motsin rai, Tendulkar ya buga a kan maganganun da aka danganta ga Chappell ta hanyar nuna cewa babu wani kocin da ya taɓa ba da shawarar halinsa game da wasan cricket ba daidai ba ne. A ranar 7 ga Afrilu 2007, Hukumar Kula da Cricket a Indiya ta ba da sanarwa ga Tendulkar yana neman bayani game da maganganun da ya yi wa kafofin watsa labarai. Daga baya Chappell ya yi murabus a matsayin koci amma ya ce wannan lamarin ba shi da tasiri a kan shawarar da ya yanke kuma shi da Tendulkar suna cikin kyakkyawar dangantaka.