since 2004, india had not been doing as well in one-day internationals. the players who took india to great heights over the past ten years such as sachin tendulkar, sourav ganguly and anil kumble grew older and did not maintain their form and fitness. following the series loss to australia, india collapsed on the final day in the third test in bangalore in early 2005 against pakistan to squander a series victory, and then lost four consecutive odis against pakistan. this was exacerbated by the suspension handed to captain ganguly for slow over-rates. greg chappell took over from john wright as the new coach of the indian cricket team following the series, and replaced kumble and v. v. s. laxman from the odi team with younger players. india's unconvincing odi form continued, scraping past a west indian team depleted by industrial action in the 2005 indian oil cup and a similarly depleted zimbabwean team only to be defeated twice in the finals by new zealand, continuing a poor odi finals record.