I sometimes feel pity on the people who equate the Indian cricketers as gods, sultans and walls. It’s all about money, honey!
G.B. Shaw rightly said once “Cricket is a game played by eleven fools and watched by eleven thousand others”. The first figure still remains the same while the second has changed to may be eleven million.
Indian Olympic Association checked with BCCI on the “Indian” team’s participation in Asian Games. The answer was ” we can not participate due to prior engagements”. Try reading it again and you’ll infer “Play for National Pride? Bull Shit! We play for money”.
Thats the truth. Remember the time when the Election Commission of India requested the IPL body to change the IPL schedule on account of the Lok Sabha elections. The IPL bosses found it better to shift the venue of the circus outside India than comply with the request. Arrogance.
Also remember the time when Sharad Pawar requested the PM. Manmohan Singh to “reduce” his ministerial workload as now his Cricket responsibilities have increased. Cummon’ man! If you are so interested in performing your Cricket responsibilities, resign from LS and devote your life to cricket.
I feel sad when the likes of Sachin and Dravid talk of playing for the nation and national pride. Had they any sense of national pride, they should have at least raised their voice for participation in the Asiad. Going by the consistency (rather inconsistency) of the Indian Cricket team, I am not sure if they could have won a medal, but, it could have been worth a try.
