[ Here I re-post another article I wrote, when I was terribly disturbed by the series of unfortunate incidents that happened in the Jan of 2007 in Australia, during the most awaited India-Aus test series. At the end of the day, it will remain that Aussies cheated their way to win the series 2-1, nevertheless, the writing on the wall, which everyone knows is that " India is the superior team and the only team of the two, which plays the game in the 'right spirit' ". These incidents hurt me the most and here I am expressing it. ]
I couldn't express my disgust anywhere else, so I am back here rambling about cricket. If I had the chance I would have machine-gunned the entire A(u)ssie team. I suggest you read till the very end, to get the gist of all the things that's been happening in Australia over the new year.
Well I am talking about the aftermaths of the IN-famous Sydney test between India and Australia , which resulted in Australia winning their worst match ever. That this match turned out to be their record equaling 16th consecutive test match win, is another totally sad fact. That India eventually broke their record in the very next match , yet again, shows that , the game is a great equalizer and that's the only totally true and marvelous fact. Well, it's difficult to say justice prevailed finally, because what remains on paper and records finally is that A(u)ssies retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy for 2007-08 by beating India 2-1 at home. For centuries to come, that is going to remain on paper, when it should have been 1-1 and they shouldn't have won their 16th consecutive test. But one thing, they deserved to lose it for the second time, for the second time, they could not make it 17 in a row and the 2 times, it was India who stopped them in their tracks. I am proud of that. I am sure the agony of the Aussies is unexplainable and inexpressible as, SO FITTINGLY , so painfully, they couldn't make it No. 17 , yet again !!! Go feeedd losers...
As if that wasn't demoralizing enough, India's hothead Harbhajan singh was slapped with a 3 test match ban and a high level of racial abuse offense.
What followed is all history now. Justice always prevails and India has a say in cricket. We are the rulers of present day cricket, BCCI is.
Click here. That should give an exact account of the turn of each and every event regarding the sydney test and the ban on harbhajan.
During that time one writer Peter Roebuck -very acclaimed English turned Australian citizen said how Australians are killing the spirit of the game, how Ricky ponting should be sacked and how crazy is India for still not packing their bags and going back home. Well I was surprised back then, reading those articles, but now I am not. He was very predictable this time around and did what was expected of him. He goes out blazing all cylinders on Indian board-BCCI and Harbhajan Singh. Read it for yourself, what I think is one of the cheapest, biased and most useless piece of crap that he has written in his illustrated career as a cricket columnist.
Now coming to the facts. The way I look at it and it surely makes sense to me. Think about it
1. Symonds agreeing to the fact that he started the feud.
2. Symonds saying 'Playing cricket on the field is no place to make friends' , clearly shows the Australian attitude and ready to be sparked attitude.
3. Symonds already being involved in a similar situation back in India and he agreeing yet again that he started the feud in that case too. But strangely he hasn't been charged with anything, where as the Indian HOTHEAD harbhajan was banned for 3 tests and when India decided to walk out of the CB series, it has been reduced to 50% of his match fee. Even then Symonds wasn't charged anything. That's shocking and unacceptable.
4. The whole "sparking the Harbhajan Feud" looks very pre-planned. The whole pre match agreement done by ponting was done having this in mind. The Aussies if one can remember, made it clear to the 2 Indian Hot heads- Sreesanth and harbhajan during the one day series in India, ' mate ! come down to Australia, we will show you what you have just done'. Unfortunately sreesanth missed the tour due to a shoulder injury ( though he is coming back for the one day series now- I Can't wait to see what happens next ) , but harbhajan made it and so they decided to give it to him.
Harbhajan tucking his bat at Lee, sparked the feud that the Aussies- Symonds, Ponting , Hayden , have been planning for a while now.
5. The craziest decisions was yet to come- Mike Procter the ICC referee had taken the most horrible decision that ever was , slapping Harbhajan with the ban. Firstly, there was no proper evidence back then. Nothing on the tapes back then proved anything. He next dismissed the only other Indian in picture- Sachin Tendulkar ,saying he wouldn't have heard anything. How then that Hayden /Clark could have heard something? The umpires were also taken out of the picture ,as they said they didn't hear anything. How the BLODDY HELL, I ask, did Mike Procter take a decision like that, a big decision abusing someone for racism ,is no mere joke. He based his decision on the evidence of Hayden, Symonds, Ponting, Clark, all of them who have been either at the end of Harbhajan's feuds or whose integrity in that match, was anything but contentious. Doesn't all this look pre-planned and the Aussie domination. Someone needed to break that.
6. So the BCCI then reacted to the horrible decision , the correct thing it did. Sunil Gavasker ICC's working member, couldn't keep his mouth shut any longer and so he erupted and all the people out there go on talking about how big a racist Gavasker is. Well, that's the way to be mate ! 'If you act smart, we will act smarter' ! Sunil is a true embodiment of that. Way to go mate !! If you guys can't take it, then dare not give it the next time to someone else!!... right mate ?
7. So now that the BCCI has seen the way things are going-Aussies achieving what they wanted to, people like Procter and ICC supporting the wrong Aussies, BCCI decides to show who the real power in cricket was. Well It is undoubtedly that and will remain that way. So better not act smart. If things go out of way, BCCI has to step in and restore justice, at whatever price, if it means calling their team back home and that they showed by hiring a chartered plan, Hell yes , they will and they should do it. !! You guys break the rules, we need to restore them. and of course since the path you have chosen is dirty, we also need to take the dirty path , Mate !!!!
And now Peter Roebuck goes crazy over this point. Well, Mate !! I know you got almost kicked out of your new nation- Australia for those absolutely correct comments u made a few days back - about sacking ponting and how aussies can't take it when someone gives it to them. So what does he do ??? Write this crazy article which makes no sense at allll...
At the end of the day justice prevails and BCCI wins and you know how all this started ???
Harbhajan responding to the Ill abuses of Symonds saying " teri MAAA(nn) Kiiiii ( heard /decoded by symonds as MAAANKIIIII - MONKEYY ). If you have no evidence, you don't accuse anyoone. I think that's what even kids know, you don't need to have a degree in law to know that. Strangely people who took decision were no kids, yet they take decisions the way they did !!!!
It is clear the grudges people have against the all conquering Indian team and the world cricket being run by THE BCCI !!!!... it will remain that way !!!!
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