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MATCH FIXING - READERS COMMENTS & INDIAN's FEELINGS:
From: "Balaji Yogesh K. V." kvby@yahoo.com , BANGALORE,
INDIA
Well if you think you have to be appreciated for your
acrostic creativity i am sorry. If you had ever stood in the
field facing deliveries with speeds like 88kmph you will know how
it feels to score every single run. You and I like many of us are
carried away by stale statements and political concotions which
put allegations on our players. None of us are wary about TRUTH!
All we do is interpret 
facts in
our own way and merge with vox populli in one way or the other.
Here are some points to ponder: * Underworld dons have threatened
players in dressing rooms. The reports just describe. Who will
consider its implications?
* CBI report blames only players
and not bookies. Why ?
* Who dares to make an amendment to ban gambling ?
* These reports are based on corroborative evidences and
speculating what would have transpired. There is nothing
concrete.
* Prabhakar was involved in fradulent activities with a chit
company. He needed an alibi to shift focus.
* If everyone in the BCCI talks about fidelity why did Srikanth
retire?
* Tendulkar does not have a very consistent graph. Why did CBI
not look into this. In some critical matches especially day and
night ones he has scored less than 10. Why no suspicisons?
At last I am not saying that those who indulged in match fixing
should be pardoned. We must base our judgements on concrete facts
and not just expletives hurled by media. Today we deface 5
players, tomorrow we can deface 20 and had this issue been under
cover for another 5 years we would have praised them on their
wonderful performances. Were we bron with six senses to live only
by using 5?
regards,
balaji.
FROM :
SATYA, NC, USA
Well, Balaji, Making harsh baseless statements in a snazzy
english tone will not make you a "great" person.
If a batsman cannot face deliveries at 88 kmph then he's NOT fit
to play at international level. Well, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE
TRUTH???
CBI has announced all about the scandal and that says it all!!
"* Underworld dons have threatened players in dressing
rooms."
You mean to to say that our players succumbed due to pressure
from the underworld dons??
Azhar is a F***** Arsehole. He's betrayed our nation.
Chandra, I GREATLY appreciate your mail. "I appreciate your
acrostic creativity". Maybe it's tough for people to
understand with all their six senses.
Satya.....
FROM :
ANAND, BANGALORE, INDIA
Satya I fully agree with ur stand. People in CBI are not fools
they too have all the six senses working better than the ones any
of us have. This is a crazy statement from Balaji and he is known
for giving such statements I know him from childhood. Azhar is a
salivan bitch he shld b stonned to death.
Prabu ennappa nan anuppina report yarukkum kedaikkala pola enna
achu send it asap.....
regards
Anand
FROM :
BALAJI YOGESH, BANGALORE, INDIA
Satya, I never mentioned that I know the truth. All I said is
that we take certain things for granted as published by media.
Anand, itz a pity that you fail to see the big picture. It was
meant not just to Azhar. Applies to every sportsmen in every
field.
WRT pressure from underworld dons, i only highlighted that CBI
did not have an unbaised evaluation of facts. Folks, if u get the
impression that I am supporting Azhar or any of the cricketers on
whom allegations have been filed; you got me all wrong. My only
idea was to drive home the point that we need to be unbiased.
Satya, one more thing. CBI has not submitted the report
to press. It has presented to Sports Minister S.S.Dhindsa. Their
conclusion is based only on "corroborative" evidence.
This was mentioned by joint director of CBI in press conference.
Finally the culprits desrve punishment be it Azhar or
anyone!regards,balaji.
FROM : BALAJI
NATARAJAN, GERMANY (BEST COMMENT I GOT SO FAR)
I fully support BALAJI for his
answer. Not just because i share his first name but his thoughts
too. I too would like to add to his comments.
One important question we have to
answer is "Have we behaved as a true spectator to
sport???". There are variousincidents
to prove that we were not.
* Crowd threw oranges at Sunil Gavaskar at Eden gardens, calcutta
fordropping Kapil dev in one of the early matches in early
1984-85 from the team (sunil gavaskar was the captain
then). This made him never to play again in Eden
gardens.if you
have good memory, you can remember the India vs Pakistan tour in
1986-87,when Sunny dropped out of the Test match in Eden Gardens
stating Fitness problems.Also there were speculations that he may
not play in the Final of 1987 reliance cup.India
evntually crashed out of Semifinals-that's a different story.
* Day of shame at Eden Gardens in 1996 semifinals against Srilanka when thecrowd threw all possible things from water bottles to stones at the srilankan fielders who had played a great game that day.
* Crowds in calcutta shouted slogans at Azhar during a benefit match fordropping Ganguly in a sahara cup match three months before. There had been Similiar reactions from crowd when he dropped a player called Banerjee or Chatterjee ( I dont remember his name)in one of the previous matches.
* One more shameful act from the cricket crazy crowd of Calcutta being sent out of the ground to make India and Pakistan play the last few hours of test match in front of empty stadium in 1999. * Ravi shastri's house stoned by Indian spectators fro playing slowly during the world cup matches in 1992.
* Countless of incidents when
crowd interrupted the matches in India looking at some wrong
decisions given to the players watching them on the big screen.
It is not just the case in our country. Remember how pakistani
players struggled to enter
their country after loosing the world cup Quarter finals. Tema
had to split into different groups and enter the country thro
different airports to avoid the violence from the crowd.Are they
one of those dogs whom we have purchased with Rs 500 or
Rs 1000
tickets that we can treat them any way we want just beacuse they
are drawing salary out of the money theypay.
How can we justify our actions as a crowd on all these cases???
Will you support, If the ICC had banned Matches played on Indian
groundtherafetr ot atleast in EDEN gardens. When we had so
shamelessly exhibited our crowd behaviour to the whole world,
how can we expect players to be different from us. They are not
coming directly from the heaven, theyare only one among us.
please do not justify saying that it was just those few people in
the crowd who did all those mischievous things . each one of us
are part of the crowd either by gettinginvolved in those
incidences or by morally supporting them. We take the players to
the TOP of the WORLD when they are performing well and
throwstones at them when they dont.
We Support our team only on their
good days and get totally merciless on their bad days. If you
want to call it a gentlemen game, dont just expect players to be
Gentlemen andlearn to watch those games like a gentleman.
Corruption is not something that has been the property of few
players. Right from the day we are born,we are living with
corruption. Remember how many of us have paid those Rs 10 and Rs
20 to those poorconstables to avoid hefty fine which we may have
to pay otherwise for breaking traffic rules.Is this not the
exploitation of the poverty of that constable living below the
poverty line?? How many of us are going to Convert our Foreign
exchange in a legal way when we go back to India?Is this not the
Betrayal??( the oft used word Desa Dhroham)
When we are affected personally we
are reacting like that?? Its only these small unlawful things
that we do allow us to do these high end corruptionswhen we are
in a high position. Its better we stop these comments and
concentrate on how good we are??
Lets all remember how the whole crowd was silent when Jesus asked
them whther hey are good enoughto throw stone at the prostitute.
We are exactly in the same position before Jesus who is asking us
to throw our abuses at thosecricketers whe you are good enough.
What we find out of all these incidents is " PEOPLE
GET ONLY WHAT THEYDESERVE".
Finally it is better we allow Law ( or BCCI)to take action for
all that
these players havedone and stop abusing ourselves
indirectly.BALAJI
sridhar.turaga,
WIPRO SYSTEMS, INDIA
Hello Prabhu,
Your writing on match-fixing was a nice one. It was an unusually
serious mail from you and its quite understandable that its not
as mundane an issue as a Tamil or a Hindi movie.
Yes. I agree that match-fixing is UNPARDONABLE. I agree with your
reply to Balaji's suggestion that Cronje has to be pardoned
bacause of his contribution to SA cricket. And comparing him with
Bradman is sacrilege of the highest order. Bradman is an
international figure and an immortal cricketing legend while
Cronje is a greedy animal.
Coming to Azhar's comment on
minority and stuff. I only see this as a coment from a frustrated
and guilty person. On the day I read about this statement, I
comfirmed that Azhar is definitely guilty. And the argument that
he faced threat from Dawood is nothing short of ridiculous. Why
doesnt Dawood threaten Sachin? Or for that matter, Saurav
Ganguly? Somebody dares to approach you to commit a wrong only if
he is convinced that you are vulnerable to that temptation. If
one is upright, no one
will dare to approach one.
Also, I was very sad that the CBI didnt seem to touch the
officials like Jagmohan Dalmia. I am very sure that match-fixing
cannot thrive without the help of the officials especially in
India where the board is still run like a sick public sector unit
with absolutely no accountability. In fact, one reason why Azhar
has stayed as a captain for long is that he never raised his
voice against the board. I will not be surprised if there are
more insidious reason for his being favoured for the captaincy.
It might be argued that he was India's most successful captain.
But, Krish Srikkanth was sacked from captaincy after a unique ,
successful tour of Pakistan where India didnt lose a test for the
first time in the history of Indian cricket. Srik was sacked only
because he backed the players and was a true leader. Obviously,
the board liked someone like Azhar who is like a hen-pecked
husband to the babus of the BCCI. Tell me, doesnt a wife like a
hen-pecked husband?
The main reason for the match-fixing scandal to assume the proportions it did, is the BCCI. I am sure, it knew everything about it but it didnt care for cricket, Indian cricket in particular. I cant help laughing when people talk about revival of Indian cricket afer the Nairobi tournament. See what has happened in Sharjah. Indian display was pathetic. The match was definitely not fixed. Had it been so, India would have scored more than 54 runs.
Indian cricket will come alive
only if the board is professionalised. It cant do well with asses
like Jaywant Lele who make statements just to take them back. The
officials of the board take cricket administration like just a
hobby. It is high time people take it as a profession as more
money is made out of this game than many other
"industries".
Thanks for bearing with me.
Regards,
Sridhar.
FROM :
THIYAGARAJAN, DAYTON, OHIO, USA
I guess... Balaji has a point here...
I think even he's for punishing ppl who fixed matches (includes
Azhar). but we shudnt get carried away.... Remember corruption is
the most common thing across our country... its there everywhere,
ppl get bribed for various reasons and compulsions...
Some of our uncles, aunts, thathas.... mite've gotten bribes to
get something done or for not doing something... u urself must've
bribed so many ppl in ur life this for... Match Fixing is also
something like that... Nothing wrong in expecting the wrong doers
to be punished, good they get punished.. But its more important
to have the rules in place to prevent such things from
happening...
We shud exercise some restraint in spitting on these ppl, they
dont deserve this...
In a country where, thro' out our history we've had back stabbers
like "Ettappan" helping out foreigners, In a country
where corruption is the order of the day.... Why shud we
Pick Azhar and hurl shit on him...
There's been cases where our ISRO scientist(I guess) sold
secrets... probably he must've taken the front page for a day...
In TamilNadu, even after the atrocious 5 yrs of her rule, Amma is
cool as cucumber, with so many ppl dying to get looted again...
With many more stuffs like that... Why all this on Azhar, is it
just b'cos he's got more visibility and less political powers ??
Can the press go all out on Lallu or JJ ? like its with Azhar...
No way.. why?
I dont think he deserves this much of shit....
The Board shud be condemned with India playing this many ODIs
even at the expense of Test matches... This is wat will happen...
We let things happen and then complain when they happen...
ennai porutha varaikkum, Thesa throgi ellam too much...
I guess, konjam adakki vasikkanum...
FROM : SATYA, NC, USA
dei bilpa,....magane, Though our thathas or mams did that...it
affected only our family. Moreover, they did not accept bribes to
spoil their family. Unnoda comparison maha kevalam da. Azhar has
taken money to sell our nation. It's even worse than a pimp. He's
sold his own mother.
Magane, example a kudukarey.
You can have all those stuff within the country but never let
down the country to any foreign ass. You can fight within your
family but not insult them infront of others.
Yeppadi thiags..kalakalla think panrey?? Unnala thaanda ippadi
yellam mudiyum!!
FROM
: CHANDRA SHEKAR, GERMANY
satya machan,
apdi podu aruvala.corruption is still prevalent in
India.othukka vendiya vishyam.
seeing a movie with a black ticket is also a kind of lanjam.but
no one will sell his mother.satya nee sonadhu noothukku nooru
right pa.
PADAYAPPA la THALIVAR sonnadhu unnum en kadhula olikardhu pa
KASHTA PADAMA EDHUVUME KADAIKADHU
APDIYE KADAICHALUM ADHU ROMBHA NAAL NILAIKADHU.
azhar has contributed a lot to the game.really he is a
class player.
but everything has gone to dogs now.
Siemens Balaji,i can understand ur stand for azhar.oru dedicated
azhar rasiganukku idha digest panna koncha naal agum.better oru
DABUR Chavanprash saptu paaru.
Wipro balaji,you are saying that u dont support azhar,but why did
you send such an hot mail after reading my comments on
azhar.azhar pathi comment adicha odane kovam vandhudutha.
but enna dhann irundhalum thappu thappu dhan pa.no one should be
pardoned.
enakku enamo Sangeetha Bijlani mela sandhegama irukku.only after
his second matter has all this happened.
ok bye ma,
chandra
From: Anand, Bangalore, India
Its really painful to note that
Azhar is the king pin in the Match Fixing scandal. There is one
more fact that he also has nexus with the UnderWorld Dons like
Dawood Ibrahim, Anees Ibrahim etc. These Bastards are wanted in
many criminal cases in India and abroad they are the people
responsible for series of Bomb Blasts in Bombay. They are the
heads of various inhuman acts which is a threat to the entire
Indian Economy. How it all happened is these Dons are put up in
places like Dubai which is very near sharjah were the Indian Team
visits frequently. And they comfortably make the deal. Azhar has
been accused for various charges like Fixing matches, taking
money for providing information and in certain cases even to the
extent of loosing the game for money.
His close associate in this racket is Ajay Sharma who is a very
close friend of a bombay based bookie MK his name is Mukesh Kumar
Gupta. He was employed as a clerk in a Bank. Way back in 1989 he
found this to be a lucrative profession and got into this dirty
game. Azhar introduced MK to Cronje. One more
fact is that Dr. Ali Irani former indian Phisio
is also hand in glove with Azhar he works for petty commissions
from Azhar he is the person responsible for collecting money from
the bookies etc. There are lot more painful details pertaining to
this dirty Act.
All these Fools not only ruin the cricket fans but also they have
created a major security threat to the Indian Nation by
supporting the Underworld. All their properties should be ceased
and they should be stonned to death in public. If they are hanged
it will happen inside a closed campus in the presence of the
judge and a doctor early in the morning that too the face of the
victim will be coverd and that too after a period of 5 or
6 years. It should be made public and broadcasted on all
sattelite channels atlest once a day continuesly for a week.In
future no player should dare even to think about betting/booking
a cricket match.
regards
Anand
From: Sridhar,
WIPRO SYSTEMS, INDIA.
Hello Prabhu,
Your writing on match-fixing was a nice one. It was an unusually
serious mail from you and its quite understandable that its not
as mundane an issue as a Tamil or a Hindi movie.
Yes. I agree that match-fixing is UNPARDONABLE. I agree with your
reply to Balaji's suggestion that Cronje has to be pardoned
bacause of his contribution to SA cricket. And comparing him with
Bradman is sacrilege of the highest order. Bradman is an
international figure and an immortal cricketing legend while
Cronje is a greedy animal.
Coming to Azhar's comment on
minority and stuff. I only see this as a coment from a frustrated
and guilty person. On the day I read about this statement, I
comfirmed that Azhar is definitely guilty. And the argument that
he faced threat from Dawood is nothing short of ridiculous. Why
doesnt Dawood threaten Sachin? Or for that matter, Saurav
Ganguly? Somebody dares to approach you to commit a wrong only if
he is convinced that you are vulnerable to that temptation. If
one is upright, no one will dare to approach one.
Also, I was very sad that the CBI didnt seem to touch the
officials like Jagmohan Dalmia. I am very sure that match-fixing
cannot thrive without the help of the officials especially in
India where the board is still run like a sick public sector unit
with absolutely no accountability. In fact, one reason why Azhar
has stayed as a captain for long is that he never raised his
voice against the board. I will not be surprised if there are
more insidious reason for his being favoured for the
captaincy.<
It might be argued that he was
India's most successful captain. But, Krish Srikkanth was sacked
from captaincy after a unique , successful tour of Pakistan where
India didnt lose a test for the first time in the history of
Indian cricket. Srik was sacked only because he backed the
players and was a true leader. Obviously, the board liked someone
like Azhar who is like a hen-pecked husband to the babus of the
BCCI. Tell me, doesnt a wife like a hen-pecked husband?
It might be argued that he was India's most successful captain.
But, Krish Srikkanth was sacked from captaincy after a unique ,
successful tour of Pakistan where India didnt lose a test for the
first time in the history of Indian cricket. Srik was sacked only
because he backed the players and was a true leader. Obviously,
the board liked someone like Azhar who is like a hen-pecked
husband to the babus of the BCCI. Tell me, doesnt a
wife like a hen-pecked husband? The main reason for the
match-fixing scandal to assume the proportions it did, is the
BCCI. I am sure, it knew everything about it but it didnt care
for cricket, Indian cricket in particular. I cant help laughing
when people talk about revival of Indian cricket afer the Nairobi
tournament. See what has happened in Sharjah. Indian display was
pathetic. The match was definitely not fixed. Had it been so,
India would have scored morethan 54 runs. Indian cricket will
come alive only if the board is professionalised. It cant do well
with asses like Jaywant Lele who make statements just to take
them back. The officials of the board take cricket administration
like just a hobby. It is high time people take it as a profession
as moremoney is made out of this game than many other
"industries". Thanks for bearing with me.
The main reason for the match-fixing scandal to assume the
proportions it did, is the BCCI. I am sure, it knew everything
about it but it didnt care for cricket, Indian cricket in
particular. I cant help laughing when people talk about revival
of Indian cricket afer the Nairobi tournament. See what has
happened in Sharjah. Indian display was pathetic. The match was
definitely not fixed. Had it been so, India would have scored
more than 54 runs.
Indian cricket will come alive only if the board is
professionalised. It cant do well with asses like Jaywant Lele
who make statements just to take them back. The officials of the
board take cricket administration like just a hobby. It is high
time people take it as a profession as more money is made out of
this game than many other "industries".
Thanks for bearing with me.
Regards,
Sridhar.
Prabhu,
From : Rams, Madras, India
Prabhu,
I understand ur feelings. I am
another one of those fools who beleived on this indian
cricketers. For the last few yrs i do not see india playing
cricket rather 11 individuals are playing. They do not play for
their country but for their place in the 11. They all wanted to
make more money in a short period and ended up involving in
match-fixing.
We don't have to wait for the CBI results anymore. In a country
like india even the CBI will be bribed and Kapil will be cleared,
saying that there are not enough evidences. What evidence they
want. Prabhakar has taped the comments of everyone around the
game. And this guy LELE says that everybody knows that matches
are fixed nowadays. So why do u need to wait for the CBI inquiry
and other things.
We have been fooled and cheated by these guys. It's our fault.
And u know one thing still now our people in india (i'm in
chennai) watch cricket like before. u can see a lot of crowd
infront of the shops to watch these guys getting out for just 54
runs. It's not easy to change our people. They still support
these 11 guys hoping that they r playing for their country.
Our people have been addicted to this. Only if cricket is banned
for another 3 or 4 yrs and all their records are taken from the
books (and of course the money they earned by this) there is a
possiblity to see INDIA playing cricket.
FROM :
SUDEEP, NC, USA
Hello everyone,
My match reports are getting ready. In the meantime, we are
organizing a cricket tournament this weekend at NC State, and I
don't know how many of you are close enough to attend, but the
invitation is for everyone. Here is the press release...
Cricket under lights- this weekend at NC State
The NC State University will be hosting a Cricket tournament this
weekend at the University Miller Fields. Matches will be held
from 6 p.m to 8:30 p.m on Friday and from 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on
both Saturday and Sunday. Durham Cricket Club, Triangle Cricket
Club, Carolina ANZACS, Carolina Cricket Club, Match Fixers'
Cricket Club, NCSU Seniors and NCSU Probables are the seven teams
competing for the championship, in what promises to be an
exciting 3 days of Cricket. Players from countries all over the
world including Australia, England, South Africa, West Indies,
New Zealand, Pakistan and India will be participating. Matches
will be fast paced with Cricket at it's exciting best. Each game
is not expected to last more than an hour.
For the first time in the history of the Mid Atlantic Cricket Conference, Cricket will be played under lights. Teams will show up in coloured clothing, discarding their traditional cricketing whites. Specially ordered white cricket balls will be used in place of standard red balls as the white balls are easier to spot once it gets dark. The rules of Cricket have been bent a bit to make it easier for Americans to pick up the game. One such innovation is the introduction of two seperate teams for batting and for bowling. This is similar to the offence and defense teams as used in football. Two games will be played simultaneously on adjacent grounds and there will plenty of action and atmosphere.
Spectator admission is free and it
would be an ideal opportunity for those interested in learning
more about the 'gentleman's game' to come down and have fun. The
objective of this tournament is to help popularize the game of
cricket in America, and everyone is encouraged to attend. For more
information contact Sudeep at 919 395 4140 or send an email to
tsudeep@hotmail.com.
Regards
Sudeep
FROM :
BALAJI, GERMANY.
Hello Prabhu,
I am Balaji who is currently with Siemens, Germany and am a
regular reader of the Lollu express. i have enjoyed all
your reviewson the site. i am writing this mail in response to
your recent review of the matchfixing scandals. I am a die hard
fan of Azhar
and so i would like correct you on the comments about Azhar. You
had mentioned about Azhar quoting the minority community stuff
for the treatment he got. The truth is that he is so badly
misquoted on this issue. That particular answer mentioning the
minority stuff was given by him inreply to the following question
asked by a person on DD news:
"Why is it that you have always been targetted
whenever there is acontroversy in the Indian cricket??"
When Prabhakar first started the controversy by mentioning
Kapil's name,there were demonstrations supporting Kapil dev and
shouting slogans againstPrabhakar. Most of these demonstrations
were from the BJP supporters. Government was also silent on the
whole issue. But at the later stage when Cronje brought the name
of Azhar into the controversy, there was immediate response from
the govt and the then sports ministerappealed to Azhar to stay
away from the game till his name is cleared of thecontroversy.
Only at this context the above mentioned question was asked by
the DDreporter to Azhar and hence we could understand that he was
not completely wrong in stating the minority stuff as a reason.
Moreover when the minister was asked for the reason for his late
reaction to the whole issue, he did not answer why he did not
come up with the statement when the accused was Kapil dev.Any
body following the whole episode on match fixing will knowthat
allegations on Kapil are more serious than the ones on Azhar.
Also recent team selection to the tournament in kenya
substantiate azhar's statement.
Whereas azhar was dropped from the tour, Kapil was still allowed
to continue as thecoach of the indian team. However it is a
different issue that he declined the offer.It was a cheap stunt
from Kapil to prove that he is honest. i am not trying to support
azhar fro what he has done if at all he had. i am only
trying tojustify his statement on the minority issue. To
add some more info on the whole issue of match fixing, I read in
one of the articles in the outlook in which the involvement of
people like Dawood Ibrahim in betting was mentioned.
It was mentioned that during one of the matches, There was a call
to the indian dresing roomdirectly from none other than Dawood
Ibrahim. This is something that needs to be really paid attention
to. We cn guess that It is not the money alone that was palying
its part in the match fixing but athreat to the life too.
From the murder of GULSHAN KUMAR, the hindi director, we
can understand what Dawood cando to people who doesn't obey his
instructions. If such a thing as threat to life to player's life
in case of not obeying the bookies,is involved then Investigation
should take that into account before deciding on the punishment
to the players andshould be more sympathetic towards them.
Considering the fact that Jadeja who is from as rich a
family as Maharajas, is also involved in the
controversy, we cannot totally rule out the above mentioned
possibility. I can assume that he is too rich a person to sell
himself for a few lakhs of ruppees.Finally i would like
to give my opinion on the punishment of Life Ban on Cronje.I
guess this was an over reaction from SA cricket board. Looking
from the South African point of view, his contribution to the
cricket especially to SA is as good as any other player in the
world.He deserved a public amnesty for all his contribution to
the Cricket.
He contribution to SA cricket can be compared to the contribution
of Don Bradman to Australiancricket. You can always argue that
the punishment is right as it would serve as a warning to other
players. But for anybody who has seen his exceptional leadership
qualities and spirited batting in countless ofmatches fro SA will
agree with me.
Bye and regards
N.Balaji
P.S: I would be interested in entering into the mailing list of
LE and let me know what i should do for that??
FROM: THYAGS, DAYTON,OHIO, USA
I'm sorry Balaji reg ur thoughts on this issue.
1. It was absolutely ridiculous and uncalled for to have used the
"Minority" card... watever might've
been the situations.. Dint Azhar enjoy a very long stint of
captaincy and was with the team inspite of performing below
par...
2. Kapil Dev's resignation was an act put up by the board to
provide Kapil with a face saver thats all... remember, the board
never said Azhar and others were sacked 'cos of the
scandals...
The result : everyone involved in the scandal were sacked...
3. Cronje cud've been a great leader and certainly has done a
world of good to SA cricket... but Match fixing is
unpardonnable... where he's ruined the career of coupla fellow
cricketers, brought disrepute to SA cricket. I dont understand
how u can love something and sell it away under the sheets...
like I love my wife but I need some money types...
If u do that u dont deserve to stay married likewise Cronje
doesnt deserve to be connected with Cricket anymore....
FROM :
BALAJI, GERMANY.
Hello All,
Its me Balaji again writing this from my desk in Germany. I
remind you all (if you have forgotten)that i am that infamous
supporter of Azhar who has unsuccessfully tried to defend all
those criminals involved in Match-fixing. He has done more harm
to people like me who has shamelessly stood by him inspite of
knowing fully well that he is a culprit, than to the cricket and
other cricket fans.
Inspite of what he has done to the cricket,I beg with you all to
bear with me when i tell you that still am not able to hate
azhar.
It is simply impossible to throw away somebody whom i have loved
right from the day he started playing cricket or i started
watching cricket (More than 15 years)
Still i am entertaining hopes that
something out of the world will happen and clear his name off the
whole episode. My situation is exactly same as that of a worker
in a political party who stands by his leader even after his life
is ruined to ashes. I am not in a position to explain the
situation which i am in. You are free to comment on my mental
state in all possible angles - psycological,Biological, chemical,
historical, geographical, cylindrical,
spherical,hexxgoanl,>pentagonal,etc,etc,etc,.....................>
Bye,
BALAJI,
FROM :
PRABHU, AUTHOR, LE
Dear Balaji,
Dont feel bad and Stand on what you say. You have all the rights
in the world to express your feelings. I support you and i really
respect your comment. I am a die hard fan of Azhar and he is a
great player and to me he is the best player in the history of
Cricket. But when some one is involved in fixing matches that too
when they play for a country that is too much ! Thanks for your
comments !! I am very happy that this match fixing issue came out
which is good for Indian cricket ! From here on people will fear
to do such sin to us!
BALAJI YOU HAVE ONE MORE
LOLLU FRIEND IN GERMANY !! His name is CHANDRA SHEKAR!!
Enjoy ! and we got TWO NEW MEMBERS FROM GERMANY to our LIST
!!!-Prabhu
FROM : CHANDRA SHEKAR, GERMANY
hai balaji,
kavalai padadhe maa.veena Azhara ninaichu mandaya
kozhapikadhe.relax panna namma MUMTAZa ninaichu paaru,ellam seri
aayidum.unnoda position puriyardhu ana enna panna mudiyum,THAPPU
PANNA DHANDANAI ANUBHAVICHE THEERANAM.Azhar sadharana
thappu pannale.DESA DHROHAM.idhukku Azharukku Saudi Arabia stylea
edhavudhu
dhandanai kudukanum.
Andha Jadeja kabodhiki paisa va
illa.Avan laam edhukku sidela vanginaannu therilai.they are unfit
to be sportsmen.India la cricket oru 5 years ban panna
urupuduvanga.But honest players like Tendulkar Ganguly will be
affected.Nambha country la evalavu time waste.TVīs and
Transistors would be running non stop in offices.avan avan
ozhunga velaiya pathu irundha India eppavo munukku vandhu
irukkum.but ippovum unnum koranju poidala.See countries like USA
GERMANY JAPAN FRANCE etc etc .None of these countries has a
cricket team.But i am not coming to say that India cricket
vilayadinadhunalla ellame KUDIMUZHUGI pochunu.
Oru oru playerum fieldkulla pogum bodhu oru oru Indianukum
evalavu expectations.ellame andha pazha pona paisa naala nasama
pochu.everything has gone to dogs now. Innime even if India
really loses a match people will start suspecting our
players.very pathetic to see this,Seri idha pathi kavalai pada
vendam.Nadaka vendiyadhu nadakum. Paavam Sangeetha Bijlani,avala
ninaichu paridhava paduvom. bye for now,
chandra
FROM:
SWATANTRIKA, SWEDEN
Hi prabhu,
I read the comments of everyone out there in lolluexpress about
match fixing.And I thought I should also contribute my
opinion.Can u post minealso? Actually, everyone (atleast educated
people) should realise that one-self has to work to keep oneself
happy and keep going.Noone else is going to give away anything
for the sake of ur welfare.So see Cinema as cinema,see game as a
game ,see policiticians as servants who should serve us.Nothing
is going to help common people anyway.It is the crazy
people(fans,thondargal) who are to be blamed for all the shit
happening in our country. Demand is directly proportional to
Corruption,self-destruction and indirectly proportional to
self-prosperity.By demand ,I mean the craze towards cinema
artists,players and politicians. If we start giving the right
importance to right things ,then we are saved.I am proud to say
that I have never encouraged corruption in my personal life so
far inspite of having faced such situations.And also I have never
gone mad
about any silly things like cricket ,cinema or other social
things.
I request our co-fellows to set
good examples for others.ALWAYS SET UR BRAIN ABOVE HEART in
issues not related to u directly whereas SET UR HEART ABOVE BRAIN
in personal emotional issues.If everyone begins to think about
this
aspect,then there is going to be no crowd in cinema theatres or
play grounds which is making these people think too much of
themself.And players also will not have too much of burden on
their shoulders while representing their country if they don't
have crazy fans which will definitely add to the winning chance.
ennai ketta cinemakarangallukku
therukoothu panravangallukku enna mariyathai tharranumo athu
thaan tharanum.nalla villayadina clap thattuvom.manasara
parattuvom.appuram namma velaiya parpom.talent enga thaan
illai.unakkulleyum irukku enakkulleyum irukku.politicians
nammaloda velaikaranga.ethaiyume vaikka vendiya edathil vacha
ellam thaana sariya pogum.appuram enga irunthu ,intha mathiri
fixing,..athu ithu ellam./Swatantrika
FROM:
RAVI MUTHUSAMY, DAYTION, OH
Hello Prabhu
I just happened to read your article and the varioius(mostly by
the same group of people again and again) letters on the article
and the match-fixing issue on the whole.
At the outset, I have one point to make. None of the people who
have expressed their views on the issue seem to have even
remotely sympathised with the great Kapil Dev, the one and only
true all-rounder of international class that India has
produced!!! It is rather suprising to note this point being
missed by most of them.
While I agree that match-fixing is a deep-rooted corrupt practice
that needs to be eradicated from the game altogether, I accept
with Thiags point that Azhar, Jadeja and Co. need not be slung
with so much mud on their faces as what they did is nothing just,
nothing when compared to the Laloos, JJs, Narasimha Raos, Harshad
Mehtas, Hindujas and the like.
It is just because the Laloos and JJs come from the political
arena and Harshad Mehtas and Hindujas come from the affluent
sections of the society the media(especially the fourth estate,
the press) has easily forgotten their sins and starts giving them
undue publicity by taking their interviews and attending their
press conferences and flashing their pictures with their
accusatioins and counter accusations on the front pages.
Azhar, Jadeja and Co. on the other hand, are not so affluent and
powerful, either politically or otherwise. They are just stinking
rich, thanks to the game that has made them what they are today.
They should be punished for what they have done. There is no
opposing that view. But, they need not be projected as the way
they are being magnified into being the biggest villains of the
piece.
And, what about that man who wanted to be the next Kapil Dev?
Manoj Prabhakar? What did he want to prove to the world by
accusing Kapil when he was the one who introduced every player -
national as well as international to this bookie M K Gupta? Why
did he try to put up that holier-than-thou attitude? What did he
gain from all the accusations he made against the great
allrounder and making the allrounder weep in public? A man who
never showed his emotions out as a player was made to cry
publicly. What did Prabhakar gian?
While these questions may take a long time in being answered or,
even worse, never be answered at all, I guess the whole country,
why, the whole cricket following world owe Kapil Dev an apology.
WE ARE VERY SORRY KAPIL. PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLIGIES. WE OWE YOU
ONE FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE GAME OF CRICKET AND FOR
INDIA.
Ravi
Dayton, Ohio.
FROM : KALPANA, MADRAS, INAID <BR><BR>
It does hurt to see players playing for money - no..not prize
money, but for bookies' money.
Shame on them. These traitors who have sold out the game for
money, should be given the worst of all punishments.
But that wudn't happen. 'Coz loopholes are plenty..the maximum
that they wud be subjected to is a removal/suspension from the
current jobs they are holding.
"Sportsmanship" has lost its meaning ( atleast in
cricket ).
-
Kalp
FROM: THYAGS, DAYTON, OHIO
I'm really happy to read what
Ravi's gotta say regarding Match fixing..
to see there's really another person whose able to think before
inking and not getting carried away with the masses...
Looks like its very easy to draw publicity and support by saying,
fixing matches is like selling ur mother... equiv to a Jawan
turning into a traitor and stuffs like that...
Makes me say to myself, yeah.. Now I understand y our politicians
thrive... and always go with some populistic measures than doing
real stuffs...
Again... I'm not for Azhar, Cronje or ...... I'm for them to get
punished too... but I just want to reiterate the fact that, this
is not the most important thing to cleanse cricket, and certainly
not the biggest issue of Indian Motherland...
First, How important is this, in cleansing cricket...
Its really important to punish these guys... and probably issue a
note of Sorry to Kapil Dev(as Ravi'd stated).... but more
important is to make sure the corrupt administrators get their
share of stick too...
But for them, Match fixing wudnt have gotten this far...
Lotsa things like too many ODIs, @ some stupid venues, with
trophies of no consequence and importance at stake... probably
made these guys sell'em off... Remember I'm not finding excuses
for Azhar & co.. I'm reasoning so that we can strike at the
root.... BCCI shud get released from the clutches of ppl who're
functioning for their personal interests... I guess these are
more important than Azhar, Jadeja &.....
Then, How important is this to our country ?
I feel cricket is not the only thing in country... and certainly
not the most important thing to be compared to "selling
mother" kinda senti stuffs... these are catchy phrases used
by our politicians to make a point to the masses... and I feel
this has no place in the classes...
In classes, I feel we have the capability to rationlize stuffs...
and see wat really is happening and shudnt get carried away...
These guys are normal humans, our fellow country men who've
faltered...
They do deserve the punishments they're due to.. but certainly
not the amt of shit we're flinging on them...
Reserve them for our corrupt administrators and politicians..
If u guys are that much pissed off at these guys being corrupt..
Make it a point, not to watch cricket until its clean and
probably extend ur support to the other "frail" sports
of India, badly in need of support....
I'm sure you'll not !!!
Thiags.
FROM: PRIYA VENKATARAJAN, BALTIMORE, USA
i very much agree with Thiags....
This is an oppoutunity for people to change themselves.Shd watch
a game as a game.not deeply entangled with the game.only becoz of
the people who watch the game like mad people, r all these people
cheating.only you'l give them the oppoutunity.only when there are
people who are willing to get cheated will there be people to
cheat them.
i see so many people fuming ,saying that "THEY HAVE CHEATED
US"
its so childish to say words like "selling mother" and
all that.
and things like The whole contry had trust in them but they
cheated everybody.they are traitors... and so many more
Cricket is a game...it is not certainly a war between 2 countries
and criketers are not soldiers for the whole country to trust
them with their lives.
there is so much hatred only on these people when so many
politicians and scientists have done much higher crime which has
affected the growth of the country and so many lives.but you'l
are bothered only on these people.DEFINETELY these people do need
to be punished.BUT if you'l had shown the same amount of
PATRIOTISM (??) when orLaloos, JJs, Narasimha Raos, Harshad
Mehtas did more worser damage to our country more of these
woudn't have happened.
Cricket is a beutiful game.play it as a game.watch it as a game.
-priya
FROM: THYAGS, DAYTON, OHIO
Oh! My Gawd...
Alas.. There's a soul in this list,
eating and drinking the same kinda Cricket I do !!
Thanks Priya.... I appreciate that...
FROM: ARUN PRAKASH, PUNE, INDIA
Hi
everybody,
I am not an avid fan of cricket. But let me express my view point
which i feel is objective as I am not emotionally attached to the
game. I dont understand why there is so much uproar when this
match fixing scandal came to light.Its like any
other scandal which we have witnessed in the past.The basic
problem here is that Indians get more
emotionally involved when it comes to cricket.Its this vicarious
involvement that brought forth a bitterfeeling of betrayal i
guess.
Its illogical to argue that betraying a country is different from
betraying a fellow citizen. arent politicians like our gundamma
and that bihari buffalo betraying the hopes of millions, leave
alone their swindling our tax money? Here atleast, its the hopes
of a few lac die hard fans that has been betrayed. but in
politics, its the dreams of millions that get quashed. Have we
become so dumb headed to accept this as a part of our life? why
didnt we revolt against all those fodder scams and hawala scams?
what benumbed oursenses at that time?
I am not trying to undermine the
enormity of the crime these cricketers have committed. What i say
is that, when we can forgive and forget the scandals of
politicians shouldnt we apply the same yardstick before judging
these cricketers also?
we must respond with the same harsh condemnation when any scandal
for that matter crops up. otherwise, one must resign to the fact
that scandals are a part and parcel of the Indian system and
remain a smugspectator to all these onslaughts. Arun.