Before I start on this, lemme tell u all. I was a die hard fan of Indian cricket. I was in support of the team even when they failed to enter the Super 8's of the ODI world cup. But now they have won the T20 world cup, I feel its time I started having some distance frm cricket. I really feel, India is over doing it with the celebrations of winning the T20. I can tell u the first and last name of every player in the Indian squad for the T20, but I dun even know a single name from the Indian football, hockey or even frm the Indian Olympic team.
Rs 1Crore for hitting Six 6's to Yuvaraj?? Holy Shit!! This is ridiculous! More than a million ppl in India earn less than Rs30 perday. How can the govt spend so much only for cricket? And that too only for Yuv? Well I am not against Yuv, but what curse did the other sports personals do to have such retarded feeling from the whole nation? How many of us know how many times did India win the hockey world cup? There were so much hue and cry when India failed to enter the super 8's jus 6months back. But do we realise India isn't even qualified for the football world cup?
Honestly speaking, I feel T20 has more to do with luck than talents unlike the ODI and totally incomparable to Tests. Tests may take 5days, but thats the true potrayal of talent. Not like T20, where every Tom, Dick and Harry swings the bat and scores.
Lemme tell a few info I got from Rediff...
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Ostensibly, Wednesday's function at the Wankhede Stadium was to felicitate the 15 cricketers who brought India glory at the Twenty20 World Cup. But you wouldn't have guessed that if you looked at the line up on the dais.
The front row was monopolized by sundry ministers from the Maharashtra government, and the top brass of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
As a comment on how the BCCI views cricket, that image spoke volumes: It is about the officials; the players are at best an afterthought. In fact, the whole spectacle seemed like a well-organised political rally, with Board president Sharad Pawar, who is also the Union Agriculture Minister and a political heavyweight of the state, playing to the galleries in a speech that would not have been out of place at an election rally.
The 'ceremony' at the Wankhede was a striking -- and unwelcome -- contrast to the scenes that preceded it, when the whole of Mumbai lined the streets in a spontaneous celebration of the team. That public outpouring of joy seemed genuine and heart-felt, the ceremony that 'climaxed' the day seemed aimed at the self-aggrandizement of sundry officials, with little or no role for the players themselves.
They say a picture speaks a thousand words: look at the ones along side; every word it speaks is an indictment of how officials and politicians have taken over the game, from the players and the fans.
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A few months back, the Aussie Captain was made to apologise to the president of BCCI Mr.Sharad Pawar for the 'so called' insult when they pushed him after getting the trophy. Now what do we have to say to this? The whole of the Indian team has been insulted by Mr.Sharad Pawar and his members.
This is the poor state of our cricket in India. Cricket is supposed to be a Gentlemen's game, but it seem more like its more of political game. The BCCI is the richest of all cricket associations, yet it has one of the most pathetic offices. (The new hi-fi office of BCCI was also sponsored by someone I heard)
After seeing all these, I seriously feel, its time I switched over from cricket to something much better. I mite even spend 3hrs watching a movie in the theatre rather than watch Indian cricket, coz I know there's much lesser politics involved compared to cricket...
