Bangalore Terming John Buchanan's theories on Twenty20 cricket as 'stupid and unimaginative', former Indian captain and coach Ajit Wadekar blamed Kolkata Knight Riders' humiliating eight-wicket defeat to Deccan Chargers squarely on the former Aussie coach.

"Buchanan has taken the Knight Riders' to the dept of the ocean with his 'stupid and unimaginative' theories. I find it shocking that he has been given so much of importance by the team management despite dividing the team. The body language of the players clearly indicated that everything was not fine with the team," Wadekar told Cricketnext.com on Monday.

"Changing the captain just a day before a big tournament is unheard of in cricket and by replacing Sourav Ganguly with Brendon McCullum, Buchanan has created a record of sort," a fuming Wadekar added.

Wadekar along with two former Indian skippers -- Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar -- had criticised Buchanan's multiple captains theory after a press conference in Kolkata.

"Buchanan's observations that the seniors like Rahul Dravid, V V S Laxman, Anil Kumble should stop playing in the Twenty20 version has been answered in a proper manner by Dravid's and Sachin Tendulkar's technically sound batting and Anil Kumble's lion hearted bowling. Also such comments only proves the man's lack of cricketing knowledge as South African wickets will never help slam-bang type of batters," the southpaw said.

"Even an attacking batsman like Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa batted cautiously yesterday proving my point once and for all," Wadekar added.

"To me Buchanan is no cricket coach he is just a good man-management guy, who can be a decent manager. And if people want to give him credit for Australian team's success under Steve Waugh and later under Ricky Ponting it is their problem.

But to me only technically sound batsmen will have a big role to play in this IPL, irrespective of their age and unlike the traditional belief, spinners will be in the forefront of actions and might snatch the limelight from the fast bowlers," Wadekar sounded the warning.

Sympathising with defending champions Rajasthan Royals' early set back to the Bangalore outfit on the first day, Wadekar said, the loss of Shane Watson and Shoail Tanvir, had crippled the team somewhat.

"Watson and Tanvir played a major role in their team's success last time around and their absence has left a big dent as the team is yet to find suitable replacements," Wadekar said.

"Though the team consists of many talented youngster, they lack experience and technique to adapt to the conditions over there. Players like Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja should try and be more consistent and not resort to big hitting all the time because they will never succeed as you just cannot hit across the line on these wickets," he added.