Since the 1999 world cup - when I finished my class XII exams and most eagerly awaited the tournament and India's performance - I have lost interest in the game. Match Fixing scandals, continuously erratic performance of the team ... reasons are too many why I no more follow the game with the same fervour as I used to.
Yet - being an Indian - cricket comes in one's blood - and the blood shows when the team looses - more so because of no fault of theirs. The crooked cricket that the Australians play - full of frets, abuses and arrogance - takes away all the dignity that the game ever claims to have had.
And to top that, when things refuse to go their way - they run like kids to their Momiee - the ICC and its officials. The way the umpires have not just favoured but been 'subservient' to the Australian Team - the game has gone to new lows.
Check out the last part of the 3rd minute.
But the most unfortunate part has been the Australian Media's role of bringing up racist angles - especially alleging casteism being a selection criteria in the India team. Salil Tripathi has given an excellent retort on Cricinfo here. The most important line which the Australian Team, the ICC, and most importantly the BCCI should take from this article is this:
Yet - being an Indian - cricket comes in one's blood - and the blood shows when the team looses - more so because of no fault of theirs. The crooked cricket that the Australians play - full of frets, abuses and arrogance - takes away all the dignity that the game ever claims to have had.
And to top that, when things refuse to go their way - they run like kids to their Momiee - the ICC and its officials. The way the umpires have not just favoured but been 'subservient' to the Australian Team - the game has gone to new lows.
Check out the last part of the 3rd minute.
But the most unfortunate part has been the Australian Media's role of bringing up racist angles - especially alleging casteism being a selection criteria in the India team. Salil Tripathi has given an excellent retort on Cricinfo here. The most important line which the Australian Team, the ICC, and most importantly the BCCI should take from this article is this:
That's the way it should be: cricket teams are not the place for social engineering.Those who want to read better formed rants on the fiasco that the Test Match was .. here are a few good reads. Please add more links to the comments if you have some.
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