Dropping a bombshell, Sachin Tendulkar has disclosed that the then India coach Greg Chappell had made a shocking suggestion to him to take over India's captaincy from Rahul Dravid months before the 2007 World Cup in West Indies. The master batsman wrote in his autobiography "Playing it My Way" which is due for release on Thursday that the Australian told him this during a visit to his home. He wrote that Chappell offered to help him in taking over the reins of the side from Dravid so that together they could control Indian cricket for years. Tendulkar is scathing in his criticism of Chappell who was the national coach from 2005 to 2007, describing him as a"ringmaster who imposed his ideas on the players without showing any signs of being concerned about whether they felt comfortable or not.