Friday, June 7, 2013

When Sleaze and Greed takes over the game……

Recent IPL 6 has seen the incidence of Sleaze and greed taking over the game.

The game of cricket is now tainted and there is no charm left for its true sportsman spirit.
Lakhs of people in India watch IPL and they are disillusioned about these happenings.

Already there is lot of money in this T 20 games and it attracts world class players from all over the world.
The concept of IPL is great.
It gives a chance to young cricketers in India to seek an opportunity to play first class cricket for the country.
These games are similar to the famous world class Foot ball leagues in Europe and give a great opportunity to showcase the talents of our youngsters.
It was thought that to get a chance in Indian team was tough and almost impossible to get a place for players from smaller towns.
But IPL broke this myth and we saw a rise in talent from small cities.

The three players arrested so far are: Shreesanth, Ankeet Chavan, and Ajit Chandalia.
These players already get huge sums for playing in IPL.
Shreesanth is also the Indian Team player; there is no dearth of money.

What prompted these guys to stoop so low and fall in the snare of bookies?
These guys have indulged not only in match fixing but also have indulged in sleaze.
The lure of women, wine and money is well known but cricketers who already earn huge sums are getting trapped in such game is not understood.

They are the idols of millions of fans and by their act they have sabotaged the faith of millions.
Where is the cricket game heading?
The icing on the cake is the arrest of Chennai Super Kings owner Mr. Gurunath, who is now disowned by the team owners.
The next news  is that of Mr Raj Kundra who is the Rajastan Royals owner.
He claims he is into only betting but not fixing matches.

As the players and bookies and team owners are now arrested, it remains to be seen what is the extent of money involved in this, and how many more players and other personalities are involved in this muck.

We hope the authorities once for all seek the truth and punish the guilty.

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