Kerala Feeds: <<=M=H=O=>> BCCI rules the cricket world

BCCI rules the cricket world
No winners in this war

CONTRARY

to the statement from a BCCI official,

there are no winners following

the lifting of racist charges against Harbhajan Singh.

It is a sorry sight indeed

when a bunch of international cricketers

are paraded in front of a sitting High Court judge

in a federal courthouse.

It must be the first time

too that an internet/ sms joke has been used

in the defence of a sportsperson,

that too retrospectively.

Where was this line of defence

last month at the initial hearing

which dragged

on for hours under the

supervision of

ICC Match Referee Mike Procter

following the second Test at Sydney?

All this leads to the suspicion that

Harbhajan did indeed use a racial slur

against Andrew Symonds.

And

to portray him as a naïve Punjabi lad

who used a Hindi 'gaali' after being

provoked by Symonds is ludicrous.

The Indian off-spinner can thank his lucky stars

that the stump mike did not pick up

his initial words.

That is the loophole that got him off the hook.

Symonds

(who is of mixed race)

has stated that off-spinner used

the same slur against him in India

following which they came to a gentleman's

agreement never to use it again.

Besides,

Harbhajan has a history of using abuse

on the cricket field and has been penalised

on four previous occasions.

To portray him as an innocent victim of

a cultural misunderstanding

therefore just does not hold up.

On the other hand,

the Australians have for years been

using 'mental disintegration'

— a convenient euphemism for abuse —

and all this has now gotten out of hand.

The BCCI are no doubt busy gloating.

However, their arm-twisting and blackmail tactics

show they consider themselves above

ICC regulations of which they are a party.

Of course

"money talks"

as one anonymous and bitter Australian cricketer

has been quoted in the Australian media.

This too has a ring of hypocrisy about it.

The Australians,

including some of their retired stars,

are queuing up to grab their share of riches

from the BCCI's multi-billion dollar baby,

the Indian Premier League

to be staged later this year.

And

Brett Lee has made more money

from product endorsements and sundry other

commercial activities in India

than he could ever earn in his native land.

The fact that the Indian market generates

70 per cent of revenue for world cricket

gives it massive influence in these matters.

That is the reality and if Australia's cricketers

resent this fact,

they are welcome to take

a moral stand and stay away from India in future.

--

Hinduism is more a way of life than a method of worship.
Dharmo Rakshati Rakshithaha
If you protect Dharma, Dharma will in turn protect you

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