From the moment the cricket match number ‘3032‘ between Sri Lanka and India was over, people were only talking about Sehwag being denied a century.
News channels who are already having a feast with Common Wealth Games scam and other problems in India have shifted their focus on the “NO Ball controversy” and not surprisingly all the former cricketers were criticizing the Srilankan team.
Former India cricketer Bishen Singh Bedi even went on to say that Suraj Randiv (the bowler who bowled the no ball and denied Sehwag a century) should be banned for 5 matches.
Why should the bowler be punished for he has not done anything against the law, yes its against the Sprit of the game, but that does not warrant a punishment.
These type of incidents have been happening for a long time in cricket but nothing was made as big issue as this one has been made.
The media is projecting Indians as saints, we all know what happened in the Sydney test and how BCCI used its power to bail out Harbhajan Singh.
I am not trying to say that whatever Srilankans did was correct but its just part of the game, there is room for these type of incidents because the rule is like that, just because Sehwag did not get his century we cannot fault the rule.
And talking of Spirit of the game, let me remind a incident. I may be wrong in interpreting this as against the sprint of the game. When Anil Kumble got 10 wickets against Pakistan in Delhi, when he had already got 9 wickets and India were sure to win the match, Srinath was bowling at the other end and he made sure that the balls he bowled were unreachable by the batsman and he definitely was not trying to take any wickets that time. Is this not against spirit of the game? as a team player he should be trying to win the match for his country in whatever situation the opposition or his team mates were in. No body raised the questions about spirit of the game being tarnished then?.
Already some news channels are comparing this incident with the infamous ‘Under arm ball incident’. Why are we over reacting to something when it happens to us Indians ?, in this case it is a complete no issue as far as I am concerned.
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