Cricket is a religion in India. Agree!
My adrenaline and I-am-proud-to-be-an-Indian feeling touched it’s all time high during the world cup finale and the Pakistan encounter.
But, what mockery is being made out of the game.
The Game which was once played by the royal clan in England was adopted by the rest of the world for the sheer joy and novelty factor. It was the most sought after game for a long time in the countries that it was played in.
India wasn’t far behind in succumbing to the worldly love of cricket, all thanks to the England Invasion and we loved it so much that it became our unofficial national sport in no time. India then produced stalwarts, from Pataudi to Kapil dev to Azharuddin to Tendulkar to Dhoni, we had them all. We had a star in each era that we played. No wonder people were crazy about the game and would do anything to catch a glimpse of these players. We also won the world cup twice; 1983 and 2011. We also had the Match-fixing controversy that ripped us. And yes our official national sport, hockey took a back seat after the invasion of cricket.
My post is not regarding the Match fixing scam or the glory that the game bought to our nation or how it crippled the other sports that we play.
It’s about a sham/gamble called Indian Premier League. Where, players are sold like products and traded as goods. And we call it revolution in the world of cricket.
I've heard too much of Its-all-about-money dialogues and they seem stupid .You just can’t let somebody buy you, even if they are going to pay you million bucks. Common now, You’re no commodity to be traded.
Now, all of us know about the people who own these teams. Why are we even shouting from the roof tops about getting the black money from the Swiss bank, all the while ignoring the in-house trading in the name of game that is happening?
And of course the 48 days of nonstop matches. How can you watch non-stop cricket day in and day out? All the while knowing that it’s open GAMBLING that’s happening. Infact everytime a ball is hit all I see is money flying and whoever catches it would be rewarded with lakhs or crores depending on the grade of the player.
In a country where the economic phenomenon of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer is proving to be the order of the day, we have people who are getting richer just by whacking the ball. And of course BCCI was a charity organization until sometime back.
As for grumble, the likes of Lalit Modi, who was shown the door, Saurav Ganguly, who was mightily sacked after being the face of a certain team , the Kochi team or Mr. Shashi Tharoor, who lost his ministry post because of this gamble, explain it perfectly.
My adrenaline and I-am-proud-to-be-an-Indian feeling touched it’s all time high during the world cup finale and the Pakistan encounter.
But, what mockery is being made out of the game.
The Game which was once played by the royal clan in England was adopted by the rest of the world for the sheer joy and novelty factor. It was the most sought after game for a long time in the countries that it was played in.
India wasn’t far behind in succumbing to the worldly love of cricket, all thanks to the England Invasion and we loved it so much that it became our unofficial national sport in no time. India then produced stalwarts, from Pataudi to Kapil dev to Azharuddin to Tendulkar to Dhoni, we had them all. We had a star in each era that we played. No wonder people were crazy about the game and would do anything to catch a glimpse of these players. We also won the world cup twice; 1983 and 2011. We also had the Match-fixing controversy that ripped us. And yes our official national sport, hockey took a back seat after the invasion of cricket.
My post is not regarding the Match fixing scam or the glory that the game bought to our nation or how it crippled the other sports that we play.
It’s about a sham/gamble called Indian Premier League. Where, players are sold like products and traded as goods. And we call it revolution in the world of cricket.
I've heard too much of Its-all-about-money dialogues and they seem stupid .You just can’t let somebody buy you, even if they are going to pay you million bucks. Common now, You’re no commodity to be traded.
Now, all of us know about the people who own these teams. Why are we even shouting from the roof tops about getting the black money from the Swiss bank, all the while ignoring the in-house trading in the name of game that is happening?
And of course the 48 days of nonstop matches. How can you watch non-stop cricket day in and day out? All the while knowing that it’s open GAMBLING that’s happening. Infact everytime a ball is hit all I see is money flying and whoever catches it would be rewarded with lakhs or crores depending on the grade of the player.
In a country where the economic phenomenon of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer is proving to be the order of the day, we have people who are getting richer just by whacking the ball. And of course BCCI was a charity organization until sometime back.
As for grumble, the likes of Lalit Modi, who was shown the door, Saurav Ganguly, who was mightily sacked after being the face of a certain team , the Kochi team or Mr. Shashi Tharoor, who lost his ministry post because of this gamble, explain it perfectly.
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