Spot Fixing and Champion’s Trophy
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From
whatever I understand, as much as I try, there appears a limit in knowing what takes
place behind the closed doors of the police quarters where Sreesanth and other
players “were played” against themselves. Who knows what happened. The latest
news surprised us, Keralites, to a very humongous extent. They took our
Sreesanth to Tihar Jail!
“That
wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.” *
Delhi
Police validated the case against Sreesanth by playing with the deluge of
evidences, the whole world watched on Television. No one took such an
imperative for Vindu Dara Singh or Sakshi Dhoni, who was with Vindu Dara Singh, as the television cameras showed us, during an IPL cricket match!
The
blame game now rests upon the BCCI Chief and things in this direction seem very
foggy, as well. From the apparent lethargy the system seems to work with, in
the investigation after the evidence of the involvement of the fat cats started
appearing in the media, it is natural to ask; why is Sreesanth alone in jail?
No
one would give you the answer, though. The answer is evident and clear to you,
without any engraved or taped proof. It is time to find a culprit and walk him
stripped on the streets, uplifting the morals of the nation, and shouting out
‘hail truth’.
Let
us surmise the situation by reminding ourselves of some age-old adages: “there
won’t be smoke until there is fire”; “if you ran, you should sweat.”
Until
this point, it is OK, all natural moralizing crap. Look at what is going to
happen next; Champion’s Trophy, the One-Day international cricket tournament. There
is no problem in playing cricket, but when you play cricket under the veil of
silence to questions like is it a ‘sport’ itself or just a show like the WWE,
ugliness crawls in. The Indian Cricket team and the authorities, (the people
who manage this entire bat and ball business) should declare the nature this
sport in India holds, before the commencement of the Champion’s Trophy.
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If
Indian cricket were an ‘arrangement’, still the lovers of this game in India
would be happy to watch and cheer for their team like anything. It is there in
this culture—servitude to the tyranny of emotions. An “arranged cricket” with
its shouting, dancing, and screaming hulks, is in no way lesser than the IPL or
the One-Day matches (with no internal arrangement of who must fail and who must
win). But, only if they let us know.
Comments
It appears to me, that there is an element of "for the love of the game", that much of sports involves the beauty of a well played match more than a particular team winning.
A player being taken to jail is far beyond my comprehension.
I must confess that there are issues happening in Indian Cricket that are outside of my understanding too. The player was taken to jail for cheating, but is not yet given his trial in court. And before proving proving the charges, he is banned from the game for his whole life.
It seems there are more and more people making sacks of money through manipulating 'the love of the game'.
Let's wait and see what happens. I hope this article has opened you towards a new game and its accompanying new world. If that is the case, then I am convinced that my article worked its way through to success. I am happy! Have a great day dear friend!
Make no mistake, indians are the most corrupt species on Earth.And this {tamasha} happening here leaves me rather amused.And, now I feel some enterprising, brillaint,knowledgeable writer should jump into this bandwagon to make a cool million? What else to comment?
Manohar Bhatia.