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NEWS Tri-Nation Tournament in Sri Lanka> Indians were low on confidence: Chappell 10th Aug 2005  16.43 IST By Agencies   Indian coach Greg Chappell said his team was a bit low on confidence in its season opener one-day series but hoped that the process he was putting in place would start bearing results by the end of the year. "The team is not doing particularly well in one-day cricket in recent times. Winning takes a bit of practice and Sri Lanka has a bit more of it in recent times. The Indian team is bit down on confidence," Chappell said after India went down by 18 runs against Sri Lanka in the Tri-Series final on Tuesday. The Australian legend also felt that after a win over West Indies in the last league match, India became a bit careless. "With success, we got a little bit careless and thought success would continue. Well, it hasn't continued and we have got a crisis in confidence. Otherwise, I don't think there is much difference between the two teams," Chappell said. India thrice came close to beat Sri Lanka in the series and on all occasions ended up losing quite unexpectedly. Chappell said the players needed to analyse all aspects of their game and try and rectify the mistakes. "We tried but didn't play well enough to win the series. We were in a position to win three or four of the five games. "We do have to analyse not only this series but what has been happening in recent times in Indian cricket. We have to analyse all aspects of the game and work out whether that's the way we keep doing it." Also View In-Depth Coverage: Tri-Nation Tournament in Sri Lanka Team Page: India Team Page: Sri Lanka

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